Bothid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bothid is a noun meaning (zoology) Any of the species of the lefteye flounder family Bothidae.
Meaning
(zoology) Any of the species of the lefteye flounder family Bothidae.
Example Sentences
Among the flatfish, bothids are mainly found in deeper, less muddy situations while cynoglossids occur in shallower muddy areas.
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.
1978, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Biological Services, Development of Fishes of the Mid-Atlantic Bight, [page 125], 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.
Word Forms
- bothids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bothriolepid, botiid, bedotiid, bythitid, bathylagid, belonid.
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