1. European flatfish highly valued as food
   "The restaurant served fresh lemon sole with butter sauce";
   - Microstomus kitt
    
2. Small European sole
   "The chef prepared lemon sole in a traditional French style";
   - Solea lascaris
    
3. Popular pale brown food flatfish of the Pacific coast of North America
   "Pacific lemon sole is a staple in West Coast seafood markets";
   - English sole, Parophrys vetulus
    
4. Important American food fish in the winter
   "lemon sole is commonly caught off New England during cold months";
   - winter flounder, blackback flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus
    
5. Flesh of American flounder; important in the winter
   "The chef recommended the lemon sole with a light butter sauce";
   - winter flounder

Derived forms: lemon soles

Type of: flounder, righteye flounder, righteyed flounder, sole

Part of: genus Microstomus, genus Parophrys, genus Solea, Microstomus, Parophrys, Solea

Encyclopedia: Lemon sole