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Common flatfish
Answer for the clue "Common flatfish ", 10 letters:
lemon sole
Word definitions for lemon sole in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lemon \Lem"on\ (l[e^]m"[u^]n), n. [F. limon, Per. l[imac]m[=u]n; cf. Ar. laim[=u]n, Sp. limon, It. limone. Cf. Lime a fruit.] (Bot.) An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange, and containing a pulp usually intensely acid. It is produced by a tropical ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. flesh of American flounder; important in the winter [syn: winter flounder ] highly valued almost pure white flesh [syn: English sole ] popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America [syn: English sole , Parophrys vitulus ] small ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The lemon sole ( Microstomus kitt ) is a flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae . It is native to shallow seas around Northern Europe , where it lives on stony bottoms down to depths of about . It grows up to in length and reaches about in weight. It is ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A European flatfish, (taxlink Microstomus kitt species noshow=1)
Usage examples of lemon sole.
Sleuth had left the greater part of the nice lemon sole untouched.
Humbly Meg offered a scrap of lemon sole, which Henrietta disposed of without dropping a speck.
They waved away whatever was offered them with an expression of delicate disgust, shutting their eyes and averting their faces from the proffered dish, as though the lemon sole, the duck, the loin of veal, the trifle, were objects revolting to the sight and smell.
Merrill chose lemon sole, Aldway fillet of steak, neither fancying the roast chicken.