tonguefish (redirected from tonguefishes)

tongue·fish  (tngfsh)

n. pl. tonguefish or tongue·fish·es

Any of various marine flatfishes of the family Cynoglossidae, having the posterior part of the body tapering to a point.

---

[From its tongue-shaped body.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tonguefish - left-eyed marine flatfish whose tail tapers to a point; of little commercial value tongue-fish 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 Cynoglossidae, family Cynoglossidae - tonguefishes