Assertion: flounder's eye | /r/CapableOf | migrate to other side of the head
Facets:
value: as a part of the metamorphosis
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: As they pass from the larval to the juvenile stage of their development, one eye (either the left or the right, depending on the species) migrates to the other side of the head.
text: These fish begin as free-swimming larvae and juveniles until one eye begins to migrate to the other side of their head as a part of the metamorphosis that occurs as a flatfish matures to adulthood and settles to the bottom.
text: However, as they grow, one eye travels or migrates towards the other side of the head, towards the other eye.
text: Larval flatfishes have an eye on each side of the head, but during a period of rapid body change (metamorphosis) one eye migrates to the other side of the head, after which the larvae settle to the bottom.