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    TONGUEFISH

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial valueplay

    Synonyms:

    tongue-fish; tonguefish

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("tonguefish" is a kind of...):

    flatfish (any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side)

    Holonyms ("tonguefish" is a member of...):

    Cynoglossidae; family Cynoglossidae (tonguefishes)

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