water flounder

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water flounder - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Water flounder \Wa"ter floun"der\ (Zool.)
     The windowpane (Pleuronectes maculatus). [Local, U. S.]
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  Windowpane \Win"dow*pane`\, n.
     1. (Arch.) See Pane, n., (3)
        b . [In this sense, written also window pane.]
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     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.
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