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Noun: order Pleuronectiformes
  1. Flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes
    - Heterosomata, order Heterosomata

Type of: animal order

Part of: Acanthopterygii, superorder Acanthopterygii

Nearest

order Phasmatodea
order Phasmida
order Pholidota
order Picariae
order Piciformes
order Piperales
order Plantaginales
order Platyctenea
order Plecoptera
order Plectognathi
order Pleuronectiformes
order Plumbaginales
order Podicipediformes
order Podicipitiformes
order Polemoniales
order Polygonales
order Polymastigina
order Polypodiales
order Primates
order Primulales
order Proboscidea