noun
tonguefishes
• Syn: ↑family Cynoglossidae
• Hypernyms: ↑fish family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Heterosomata, ↑order Heterosomata, ↑order Pleuronectiformes
• Member Meronyms: ↑tonguefish, ↑tongue-fish
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\\ˌsinōˈglässəˌdē, ˌsīn-, -nəˈ-, -lȯs-\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Cynoglossus, type genus (from Greek kynoglōssos, a kind of fish, from kyno- cyn- + -glōssos, from glossa tongue) + -idae — more at gloss
: a family of flatfishes comprising the tonguefishes and having small eyes on the left side of the head and the long dorsal and anal fins fused with the caudal fin
Useful english dictionary. 2012.