blackback flounder
[ blak-bak ]
/ ˈblækˌbæk /
noun
See under lemon sole.
Words nearby blackback flounder
black-tailed deer,
black-tie,
black-water fever,
blackacre,
blackamoor,
blackback flounder,
blackball,
blackbead,
blackbeard,
blackbeetle,
blackbelly rosefish
Definition for blackback flounder (2 of 2)
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 of lemon sole
1875–80; probably alteration, by folk etymology, of French
limande dab (fish), Old French
limande, lime, of uncertain origin
British Dictionary definitions for blackback flounder
lemon sole
noun
a European flatfish, Microstomus kitt, with a variegated brown body: highly valued as a food fish: family Pleuronectidae