blackback flounder

blackback flounder

[blak-bak] .
noun
See under lemon sole.
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lemon sole

noun
any of various popular food flatfishes, as Parophrys vetulus of the Pacific (English sole) and Pseudopleuronectes americanus of the Atlantic (winter flounder or blackback flounder).

Origin:
1875–80; probably alteration, by folk etymology, of French limande dab (fish), Old French limande, lime, of uncertain origin
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blackback flounder

noun
important American food fish in the winter [syn: winter flounder
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