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TONGUEFISH

• 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.

• TONGUEFISH (noun)

Sense 1

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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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