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TONGUEFISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tonguefish mean?
• TONGUEFISH (noun)
The noun TONGUEFISH has 1 sense:
1. left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value
Familiarity information: TONGUEFISH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
tongue-fish; tonguefish
Hypernyms ("tonguefish" is a kind of...):
flatfish (any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side)
Holonyms ("tonguefish" is a member of...):
Cynoglossidae; family Cynoglossidae (tonguefishes)
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