FLATFISHES

Domain	Definition
Health	Common name for the order Pleuronectiformes. A very distinctive group in that during development they become asymmetrical, i.e., one eye migrates to lie adjacent to the other. They swim on the eyeless side. Flounder, sole, and turbot, along with several others, are included in this order. (references)
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Commercial Usage: FLATFISHES

Domain	Title
Books	Systematic Monograph of the Flatfishes, Heterosomata (reference) The distribution of flatfishes in Scottish and adjacent waters (reference) (more book examples)
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Modern Translation: FLATFISHES

Language		Translations for "FLATFISHES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		flynderfisk, fladfisk. (various references)

Dutch		platvissen. (various references)

Finnish		kampelakalat-lahko. (various references)

French		poissons plats. (various references)

German		Plattfische. (various references)

Greek		καλκάνια (flounders, right-eye flounders), πλατύψαρα (flatfish). (various references)

Italian		teleosteipiatti, pleuronettiformi, pesci piatti, pesci ossei piatti. (various references)

Pig Latin		atfishesflay

Portuguese		peixes-chatos, peixes chatos. (various references)

Spanish		Peces planos. (various references)

Swedish		flatfiskar, plattfiskar. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Ancestral Language Translations: FLATFISHES

Misspellings: FLATFISHES

Rhyming with "FLATFISHES"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "FLATFISHES" (pronounced fla"tfi'shuz)
5	-f i' sh u z	jewfishes, pipefishes.
4	-i' sh u z	abolishes, furnishes.
3	-sh u z	accomplishes, admonishes, ambushes, ashes, bashes, blemishes, blushes, brandishes, brushes, bushes, caches, cashes, cherishes, clashes, crashes, crushes, dashes, diminishes, dishes, distinguishes, establishes, eyelashes, finishes, fishes, flashes, flourishes, flushes, fuchsias, galoshes, garnishes, gashes, gushes, hashes, impoverishes, languishes, lashes, lavishes, leashes, Macintoshes, marshes, meshes, militias, mustaches, paintbrushes, parishes, publishes, punishes, pushes, radishes, rashes, refreshes, relinquishes, relishes, rushes, sashes, skirmishes, slashes, smashes, splashes, swishes, thrashes, thrushes, toothbrushes, trashes, tushes, unleashes, vanishes, varnishes, washes, whiplashes, wishes.
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Anagrams: FLATFISHES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-f-f-h-i-l-s-s-t"
	-1 letter: faithless, flashiest.
	-2 letters: flatfish, heliasts, shaliest.
	-3 letters: ashiest, falsest, falsies, fatless, fetials, fiestas, fissate, flashes, haffets, haffits, halites, haslets, hatless, heliast, hisself, hitless, leftish, salties, saltish, selfish, sheilas, sheltas, stifles, taffies, tahsils.
	-4 letters: aisles, elfish, faiths, falsie, fashes, feasts, feists, festal, fetial, fetish, fiesta, fifths, filets, filses, filths, fishes, fliest, flites, haffet, haffit, halest.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-f-f-h-i-l-s-s-t"
	+2 letters: faithfulness.
	+4 letters: faithfulnesses, unfaithfulness.
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Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Heterosamata, Pleuronectiformes. (various references)
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Specialty Definition: FLATFISHES

Misspellings
	"FLATFISHES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: floatfished. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).