noun
left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value
• Syn: ↑tongue-fish
• Hypernyms: ↑flatfish
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cynoglossidae, ↑family Cynoglossidae
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun : a small flatfish of the family Cynoglossidae
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/tung"fish'/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) tonguefish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) tonguefishes.
any of several flatfishes of the family Cynoglossidae, having the tail tapered to a point.
[1645-55; TONGUE + FISH]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.