| Noun | 1. | righteye flounder - flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head 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 family Pleuronectidae, Pleuronectidae - righteye flounders Pleuronectes platessa, plaice - large European food fish European flatfish, Platichthys flesus - important food fish of Europe Limanda ferruginea, yellowtail flounder - American flounder having a yellowish tail blackback flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, winter flounder, lemon sole - important American food fish in the winter Microstomus kitt, lemon sole - European flatfish highly valued as food American plaice, Hippoglossoides platessoides - large American food fish Atlantic halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus - largest United States flatfish Hippoglossus stenolepsis, Pacific halibut - a righteye flounder found in the Pacific |