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WINTER FLOUNDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does winter flounder mean? 

WINTER FLOUNDER (noun)
  The noun WINTER FLOUNDER has 2 senses:

1. flesh of American flounder; important in the winterplay

2. important American food fish in the winterplay

  Familiarity information: WINTER FLOUNDER used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WINTER FLOUNDER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Flesh of American flounder; important in the winter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

lemon sole; winter flounder

Hypernyms ("winter flounder" is a kind of...):

flounder (flesh of any of various American and European flatfish)

Holonyms ("winter flounder" is a part of...):

blackback flounder; lemon sole; Pseudopleuronectes americanus; winter flounder (important American food fish in the winter)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Important American food fish in the winter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

blackback flounder; lemon sole; Pseudopleuronectes americanus; winter flounder

Hypernyms ("winter flounder" is a kind of...):

righteye flounder; righteyed flounder (flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head)

Meronyms (parts of "winter flounder"):

lemon sole; winter flounder (flesh of American flounder; important in the winter)


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