flatfish
(noun) 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
flatfish
(noun) sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets
Source: WordNet® 3.1
flatfishes
plural of flatfish
Source: Wiktionary
Flat"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any fish of the family Pleuronectidæ; 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 February 2025
(noun) an intellectual hold or understanding; “a good grip on French history”; “they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities”; “he was in the grip of a powerful emotion”; “a terrible power had her in its grasp”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
