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Definition of summer flounder

summer flounder
Plaice Plaice, n. [F. plaise, plais, prob. fr. L. platessa flatish, plaice. See Place.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A European food fish (Pleuronectes platessa), allied to the flounder, and growing to the weight of eight or ten pounds or more. (b) A large American flounder (Paralichthys dentatus; called also brail, puckermouth, and summer flounder. The name is sometimes applied to other allied species. [Written also plaise.] Plaice mouth, a mouth like that of a plaice; a small or wry mouth. [R.] --B. Jonson.

Meaning of summer flounder from wikipedia

- The summer flounder or fluke (Paralichthys dentatus) is a marine flatfish that is found in the Atlantic Ocean off the East Coast of the United States...
- are: Western Atlantic Gulf flounderParalichthys albigutta Southern flounderParalichthys lethostigma Summer flounder (also known as fluke) – Paralichthys...
- The winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americ****), also known as the black back, is a right-e**** ("dextral") flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae. It...
- oblonga (the fourspot flounder, American fourspot flounder or simply four-spot), is a flatfish and member of the large-tooth flounder family Paralichthyidae...
- b**** Striped burrfish Sturgeon Sucker Suckermouth armored catfish Summer flounder Sundaland noodlefish Sunfish Surf sardine Surfperch Surgeonfish Swallower...
- connects to Nantucket Sound. Vineyard Sound holds some of the largest summer flounder in M****achusetts. "Vineyard Sound". Geographic Names Information System...
- include monkfish (Lophius americ****), spotted hake (Urophycis regia), summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus), striped b**** (Morone saxatilis), bluefish...
- in fish meat for longer time periods. ****anese amberjack (buri) and Summer flounder (hirame) grown using this feed are marketed as Kabosu Buri and Kabosu...
- pleasure craft and recreational fishing. Marine species like Fluke (summer flounder), striped b****, bluefish and weakfish are po****r fish targeted by...
- States Navy named for the plaice, one of the various American flatfish; summer flounder. She parti****ted in the Pacific War campaign of World War II, receiving...