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blackback flounder

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blackback flounder

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

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; prob. alter., by folk etym., of F limande dab (fish), OF limande, lime, of uncert. orig.
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blackback flounder

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