Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish;
usually served as thin fillets;
2.
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;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Flatfish \Flat"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
Any fish of the family Pleuronectid[ae]; esp., the winter
flounder (Pleuronectes Americanus). The flatfishes have the
body flattened, swim on the side, and have eyes on one side,
as the flounder, turbot, and halibut. See Flounder.
[1913 Webster] flat foot
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
flatfish
n 1: sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied
fish; usually served as thin fillets
2: 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