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winter flounder

winter flounder

noun
See under lemon sole.

Origin:
1805–15, Americanism

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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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winter flounder

noun
1. flesh of American flounder; important in the winter [syn: lemon sole
2. important American food fish in the winter 
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