'Water flounder' definitions:

Definition of 'Water flounder'

From: GCIDE
  • Water flounder \Wa"ter floun"der\ (Zool.) The windowpane (Pleuronectes maculatus). [Local, U. S.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'water flounder'

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]