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Soleidae

noun

soles

• Syn: ↑family Soleidae

• Hypernyms: ↑fish family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Heterosomata, ↑order Heterosomata, ↑order Pleuronectiformes

• Member Meronyms:

↑sole, ↑Solea, ↑genus Solea, ↑Parophrys, ↑genus Parophrys, ↑Psettichthys, ↑genus Psettichthys, ↑Trinectes, ↑genus Trinectes

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\\səˈlēəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Solea, type genus + -idae

: a family of flatfishes (order Heterosomata) comprising the typical soles and distinguished from the typical flounders (family Pleuronectidae) by the extension of the dorsal fin high on the head and by the covered margin of the preopercle

Useful english dictionary. 2012.