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bothid

bothid noun: any of the species of the lefteye flounder family Bothidae.

bothid: any of the species of the lefteye flounder family Bothidae
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Noun

bothid (plural bothids)

  1. Any of the species of the lefteye flounder family Bothidae.
    • Accepting this classification, the bothids can be distinguished from the pleuronectids and the soles by usually having both eyes on the left side of the head.1978, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Biological Services, Development of Fishes of the Mid-Atlantic Bight, [page 125]
    • Bothids are left-eyed flounders, that is, both eyes are found on the left side of the adults after metamorphosing from the more traditional one-eye-per-side mode as post-larvae.1994, G. H. Burgess, S. H. Smith, E. D. Lane, “11: Fishes of the Cayman Islands”, in M. A. Brunt, J. E. Davies, editors, The Cayman Islands: Natural History and Biogeography, volume 71, page 222

Forms of bothid

pluralbothids

Questions about bothid

What does bothid mean?
Bothid means any of the species of the lefteye flounder family Bothidae.
What part of speech is bothid?
Bothid is a noun.
What is the plural of bothid?
The plural of bothid is bothids.

Words near bothid in the dictionary

  1. bothers one's arse
  2. bothersome
  3. bothersomely
  4. bothersomeness
  5. Bothes
  6. bothid
  7. bothids
  8. bothie
  9. bothies
  10. Bothnian
  11. Bothnian Bay

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