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Pleuronectes maculatus

Water flounder \Wa"ter floun"der\ (Zo["o]l.) The windowpane ( Pleuronectes maculatus). [Local, U. S.]

Pleuronectes maculatus

Windowpane \Win"dow*pane`\, n.

  1. (Arch.) See Pane, n., (3) b . [In this sense, written also window pane.]

  2. (Zo["o]l.) 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.