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.
A member of that branch of the Mohammedans to which the Persians belong. They reject the first three caliphs, and consider Ali as being the first and only r...
