(n.) Any fish of the family Pleuronectidae; esp., the winter flounder (Pleuronectes Americanus). The flatfishes have the body flattened, swim on the side, and have eyes on one side, as the flounder, turbot, and halibut. See Flounder.
Example Sentences:
(1) These unique connections provide the necessary and sufficient connectivity to adapt the flatfish's eye movement system to the animals' postmetamorphic existence.
(2) The geographic distribution pattern points to the existence of areas around the globe in which flatfish or eels are able to develop skin papillomas.
(3) Intracellular staining of central neurons with horseradish peroxidase revealed that in postmetamorphic flatfish second-order horizontal canal neurons contact vertical eye muscle motoneuron pools on both sides of the brain via pathways that are absent in all other vertebrates studied.
(4) The 1-butanol adduct enhancement version of the 32P-postlabeling assay was used to measure the levels of hepatic DNA adducts in the marine flatfish, English sole (Parophrys vetulus), sampled from the Duwamish Waterway and Eagle Harbor, Puget Sound, WA, where they are exposed to high concentrations of sediment-associated chemical contaminants and exhibit an elevated prevalence of hepatic neoplasms.
(5) Flatfish, mainly in the form of plaice, and crustacea were found to be the main source of organic arsenic compounds.
(6) The opposite is found for lymphocystis, which is common among flatfish species of the Atlantic shores of Europe and North America.
(7) Amphistium Amphistium is a 50m-year-old relative of the flatfish.
(8) During their metamorphosis, the animals undergo a 90 degrees tilt to one side or the other to become the bottom-adapted adult flatfish.
(9) We studied the allergenic significance of the fish species considered most representative because of their greater consumption in our environment (flatfishes: Pleuronectiformes such as sole, whiff, and witch; Gadiformes such as hake; and Scombriformes such as albacore) or because of the results of previous studies of Gadiformes such as cod.
(10) Outside these areas of "potential skin papilloma risk," flatfish and eel populations are not afflicted with papillomas even if they inhabit estuaries or rivers with a high man-made or naturally-occurring pollution.
(11) Fish lymphocystis disease viruses (FLDV) were isolated directly from lymphocystis disease lesions of various flatfish species and further purified.
(12) The results of both laboratory and field studies show that sediment-associated PAHs are biologically available to both flatfish species, and that both species accumulate similar levels of PAHs.
(13) The peripheral and central oculomotor organization of the adult flatfish presents no morphological substrates that suffice to explain adaptive changes in its vestibuloocular reflex system.
(14) These species and the flatfishes Platichthys flesus (Linnaeus) and Limanda limanda (Linnaeus) were laboratory infected.
(15) Pardaxin, an active principle of the repellent secretion of the Red Sea flatfish, Pardachirus marmoratus, elicited severe struggling, mouth paralysis, and transient increase in urea leakage from the gills only when administered to the medium bathing the shark's pharyngeal cavity and gills.
(16) In a marine flatfish halibut, (Hippoglossus hippoglossus), we have found a more specialized hatching process.
(17) While modern flatfish, like flounder, plaice and sole, have both eyes on one side of the head, the shift in eye position is incomplete in Amphistium.
(18) Mechanical or electrical stunning is compulsory except for eel and flatfish.
(19) The effects of the two toxic proteins Pardaxin I and II isolated from the gland secretion of the flatfish Pardachirus marmoratus on frog neuromuscular transmission have been investigated and compared to those of the gland secretion.
(20) A comprehensive description of the histopathologic characteristics of a spectrum of idiopathic lesions in feral English sole (Parophrys vetulus), a bottom-dwelling flatfish, from Puget Sound, Washington State, is presented.
Halibut
Definition:
(n.) A large, northern, marine flatfish (Hippoglossus vulgaris), of the family Pleuronectidae. It often grows very large, weighing more than three hundred pounds. It is an important food fish.
Example Sentences:
(1) In only one published controlled trial fish oil has been given to pregnant women, namely in that conducted during 1938-9 in London by the People's League of Health with a dietary supplement containing vitamins, minerals, and halibut liver oil.
(2) I choose the halibut fillet with scallops, dauphinoise potatoes, veg melange and pesto tapenade.
(3) According to a paper published in the journal Science on Thursday, large and bottom-dwelling species carry most risk, which means cod, flounder, halibut, pollock, skate and sole from the waters in question could be off limits for years, .
(4) Since 2007, Gigha has provided award-winning halibut to the wholesale fish trade, easing the pressure on a wild stock that has almost collapsed.
(5) "Twenty years ago, drink-driving was OK and eating wild halibut was OK. Now eating wild is becoming something people raise their eyebrows at – and we know what's happened with drink-driving."
(6) Now it hosts 6,000 halibut until they are at marketable size.
(7) In a marine flatfish halibut, (Hippoglossus hippoglossus), we have found a more specialized hatching process.
(8) nov., was isolated from the adherent bacterial epiflora of Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus L.) eggs and was shown to be an opportunistic pathogen for halibut eggs and larvae.
(9) Unlike the flabby, slimy stuff we have come to accept as farmed salmon, this halibut is lean and far better to eat – in terms of ethics and taste – than its wild brothers.
(10) After viewing the exhibition it was downstairs for a lunch of locally caught halibut and local beer.
(11) Back at the tanks, Wilkieson says farming halibut is worth it because it tastes so good.
(12) • Buy smoked Gigha halibut online at gighahalibut.co.uk • This article was amended on 24 May 2013.
(13) From review of pediatrics texts from 1830 to 1850, a recommended treatment plan would have included (1) general measures such as country air and exercise, and fish oils such as cod and halibut (vitamin D), and (2) specific treatments of tonics (containing combinations of belladonna, opium, sodium bicarbonate, sodium citrate, and potassium chloride) emphasizing alkalis, and splinting and bracing the limbs.
(14) "Our veterinarian and medical bill is zero, because we keep densities so low," says Barge as he shows off the darkened tanks where the halibut eggs hatch, in temperatures that mirror the depths of the Arctic ocean.
(15) We have found that carp and bastard halibut contain 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25-D3)-1 alpha-hydroxylase in the liver besides in the kidney by the following in vivo and in vitro experiments.
(16) 4 halibut steaks, on the bone (or halibut fillets, skinless and boneless) Salt 60ml olive oil 2 mild red chillies, halved lengthways, seeds removed and cut into 1cm pieces 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced 1 tsp caraway seeds 1 dried ancho chilli, trimmed, seeds discarded and torn into 5cm pieces ½ tsp Aleppo chilli flakes 1.1kg plum tomatoes, blanched, skins removed and then flesh roughly chopped into 2cm dice 50g tomato paste ½ tsp caster sugar ¼ tsp cumin seeds, toasted and roughly crushed, to serve 5g coriander leaves, roughly chopped, to serve For the tahini sauce 50g tahini 1tbsp lemon juice Lightly season the fish with a third of a teaspoon of salt in total.
(17) The enthalpy changes associated with the denaturation of acid-soluble and insoluble collagens prepared from sheep, cod, halibut and pike skin were determined by differential scanning calorimetry.
(18) On the menu that evening was chilled asparagus soup and lemon creme, pan-roasted halibut and ginger-carrot butter, and basmati rice with pistachio nuts and currants.
(19) The IUCN’s new red list though shows that much-loved European fish such as Atlantic salmon, halibut and trout have been over-fished to the point of vulnerability.
(20) She also tried to frame herself – to a crowd that included prominent politicians and celebrities being served seared halibut and chocolate soufflé – as a leader who is intimately familiar with the struggles and preoccupations of everyday Americans.