summer flounder

summer flounder

noun
a flounder, Paralichthys dentatus, inhabiting shallow waters from Cape Cod to South Carolina, valued as food.

Origin:
1805–15, Americanism
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summer flounder

noun
flounder of eastern coast of North America 
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