windowpane

Noun
US[win-doh-peyn]/ˈwɪndoʊˌpeɪn/3 syllables
Synonyms: windowScophthalmus aquosus

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)

  1. a pane of glass in a window“the ball shattered the window”Synonyms: windowType of pane, pane of glassPart of window
  2. very thin translucent flounder of the Atlantic coast of North AmericaSynonyms: Scophthalmus aquosusType of lefteye flounder, lefteyed flounderMember of Scophthalmus, genus Scophthalmus
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Win′dow·pane′ noun

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

2. Zoology 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.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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