tongue fish (tungfish)

A kind of flatfish, Aphorist i a plagiusa, found from Virginia to Texas and the West Indies. It is abundant in sandy bays. It is dark-brown with six or seven obscure cro -bands, and numerous dark specks on both body and fins. The eyes and color are on the left side, and the size is small. Compare a like use of tongue, n., 6 (т). tongue-flower (tung'flou"er), n. An orchid of the genus Glo odia. tongue-flowered orchis. See Serapias. tongue-grafting (tung'gråf" ting), grafting, 1. IMG:content-0556.png:[blocks in formation]