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Definition of blackback flounder words

noun blackback flounder any of various popular food flatfishes, as Parophrys vetulus of the Pacific (English sole) and Pseudopleuronectes americanus of the Atlantic (winter flounder or blackback flounder) 1

before 1875

One of the 25% newest English words

1875-80; probably alteration, by folk etymology, of French limande dab (fish), Old French limande, lime, of uncertain origin

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