See Also: pleuronectid(dictionary)

pleuronectid (iou)



pleuronectid noun. . M19.
[from mod. Latin Pleuronectidae (see below), from Pleuronectes genus name of the plaice, from Greek PLEURA noun1 side + nektes swimmer: see -ID3.]
Zoology. A flatfish of the plaice family Pleuronectidae.