Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun flatfish

2 senses of flatfish

Sense 1
flatfish -- (sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets)
       => saltwater fish -- (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

Sense 2
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)
       => spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian -- (a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays)