How to Use flatfish in a Sentence

flatfish

noun

• Look out for other flatfish such as Dover sole or flounder.
  — Rochelle Bilow, Bon Appetit, 4 May 2018
• Local flatfish, such as sole, sand dabs and flounder, tend to be lean and are more difficult.
  — SFChronicle.com, 27 Sep. 2020
• From the family of right-eyed flounders, halibut is the largest type of flatfish and often weighs hundreds of pounds.
  — Jeanmarie Brownson, charlotteobserver, 5 Oct. 2017
• Fishing continued for cod, flatfish, pollock and more in the Bering Sea.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2021
• By comparing these sequences to those of other fish, Little found that the billfishes’ closest kin are the flatfish and jacks.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 18 Aug. 2010
• Live mullet or killifish are by far the best bait but a jig tipped with shrimp and worked slowly along bottom also catches some of these tasty flatfish.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 15 Nov. 2019
• The closure during the heart of the fall flounder run will have a negative economic impact on guides who depend on the flatfish for income.
  — Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 23 May 2020
• The reds and flatfish are already in the spillways and diversion, Carter said, but the trout don’t typically show up until early October.
  — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 24 Aug. 2017
• Fisheries also are still underway for Alaska pollock, flatfish, scallops and much more in both regions, along with a food and bait herring fishery near Dutch Harbor.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 18 Aug. 2020
• Chef Dang uses whole fluke, an easy-to-manage flatfish that abounds with sweet-flavored, pure-white flesh that contrasts wonderfully with the crackly fried exterior.
  — Phil Vettel, chicagotribune.com, 28 July 2017
• An additional bone, found only in flatfish, develops right under the migrating eye, giving them that goofy asymmetrical look.
  — National Geographic, 13 Aug. 2016
• Respect for classic California comes in a crab Louie salad arranged over half an avocado and, most wonderfully, a plate of delicate, fileted sand dabs — a Pacific flatfish that should be on more menus — nudged with lemon juice and capers.
  — Bill Addison, latimes.com, 13 June 2019
• However, other kinds of flatfish were not significantly impacted.
  — Jennifer Ball, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024