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BLACKBACK FLOUNDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blackback flounder mean? 

BLACKBACK FLOUNDER (noun)
  The noun BLACKBACK FLOUNDER has 1 sense:

1. important American food fish in the winterplay

  Familiarity information: BLACKBACK FLOUNDER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLACKBACK FLOUNDER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Important American food fish in the winter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

blackback flounder; lemon sole; Pseudopleuronectes americanus; winter flounder

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "blackback flounder"):

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


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