'Pleuronectes maculatus' definitions:
Definition of 'Pleuronectes maculatus'
From: GCIDE
- Water flounder \Wa"ter floun"der\ (Zool.) The windowpane (Pleuronectes maculatus). [Local, U. S.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pleuronectes maculatus'
From: GCIDE
- Windowpane \Win"dow*pane`\, n.
- 1. (Arch.) See Pane, n., (3) b . [In this sense, written also window pane.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) A thin, spotted American turbot ({Pleuronectes maculatus}) remarkable for its translucency. It is not valued as a food fish. Called also spotted turbot, daylight, spotted sand flounder, and water flounder. [1913 Webster]