winter flounder

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winter flounder

A dark, rusty brown flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) of the North American Atlantic coast, prized especially in winter as a food fish.

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Noun	1.	winter flounder - flesh of American flounder; important in the winter lemon sole blackback flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, winter flounder, lemon sole - important American food fish in the winter flounder - flesh of any of various American and European flatfish
	2.	winter flounder - important American food fish in the winter blackback flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus, lemon sole righteye flounder, righteyed flounder - flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head lemon sole, winter flounder - flesh of American flounder; important in the winter

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blackback flounder flounder lemon sole Mud dab Pseudopleuronectes americanus righteye flounder righteyed flounder			Janet Nye, a postdoctoral researcher at NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and the lead author of the study, looked at annual spring survey data from 1968 to 2007 for stocks ranging from Atlantic cod and haddock to yellowtail and winter flounders, spiny dogfish, Atlantic herring, and less well-known species like blackbelly rosefish. Warming oceans make North Atlantic fish populations shift by Asian News International Winter flounder are small-mouthed, "right-handed" species, too, but their lateral line is straight. `Left-handed' fish is quite all right by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) Winter Flounder Winter flounder are an important commercial and recreational fish throughout New England and the Mid-Atlantic. New England Saltwater Fish by John C. Banks / Travel, recreation and leisure community			Winston Churchill Winston S. Churchill Winston-Salem winter winter aconite Winter apple Winter barley Winter berry Winter bloom winter break Winter bud winter cherry winter collection Winter cough winter cress winter crookneck winter crookneck squash Winter crop winter currant Winter duck Winter egg Winter fallow Winter fat winter fern Winter fever winter flounder winter flowering cherry winter garden Winter gull winter hazel winter heath winter hedge winter heliotrope Winter itch winter jasmine Winter lodge winter melon winter melon vine Winter mew winter moth winter mushroom Winter oil Winter Olympic Games Winter Olympics Winter pear winter purslane winter quarters winter rose Winter rye winter savory winter savoury			winter cresses winter crookneck winter crookneck squash Winter crop Winter crop winter currant Winter Dance Conference Winter Death Syndrome Winter Demand Reduction Incentive Winter depression Winter depression Winter depression Winter diarrhea Winter diarrhea Winter diarrhea winter diet Winter Drumline Winter duck winter dysentery Winter egg Winter Equestrian Festival Winter Exercise Winter fallow Winter Farmland Bird Survey Winter fat Winter Feels Good winter fern Winter Festival of Lights Winter Festival of Lights Winter fever winter flounder winter flounders winter flowering cherry Winter Fly-In Winter Fox Ski Association, Inc. Winter Games Federation of India Winter garden Winter garden Winter Garden Police Department Winter gardening Winter gardening Winter Gardens Winter Gardens Winter Gilliflower Winter Guard Association of Southern California Winter Guard International Winter gull Winter Haven Winter Haven Area Transit Winter Haven Martial Arts Winter Haven Police Department Winter Haven, Florida winter hazel winter heath winter hedge Winter Heel winter heliotrope winter heliotrope winter heliotrope winter heliotropes

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