parophrys vitulus

1. 1.

   popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America

   SynonymsEnglish solelemon sole

   Broadersole

   Part ofParophrys

Questions about parophrys vitulus

What does parophrys vitulus mean?

parophrys vitulus means "popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America".

What is another word for parophrys vitulus?

Close synonyms include English sole, lemon sole. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is parophrys vitulus a common word?

parophrys vitulus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.