winter flounder

1. 1.

   flesh of American flounder; important in the winter

   Synonymslemon sole

   Broaderflounder

   Part ofwinter flounder
2. 2.

   important American food fish in the winter

   Synonymsblackback flounderlemon solePseudopleuronectes americanus

   Broaderrighteye flounder

   Partslemon sole

Questions about winter flounder

What does winter flounder mean?

winter flounder means "flesh of American flounder; important in the winter". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for winter flounder?

Close synonyms include lemon sole, blackback flounder, lemon sole, Pseudopleuronectes americanus. 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 winter flounder a common word?

winter flounder 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.