The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Water flounder \Wa"ter floun"der\ (Zool.)
The windowpane (Pleuronectes maculatus). [Local, U. S.]
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]