flounder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflaʊndɚ/
rhymes: -aʊndə(ɹ)
Forms: form: flounder
form: flounders
Etymology: From Middle English flowndre, from Anglo-Norman floundre, from Old Northern French flondre, from Old Norse flyðra, from Proto-Germanic *flunþrijǭ. Cognate with Danish flynder, German Flunder, Swedish flundra.
Senses: examples: text: Water Souchy.
Eels, whitings, soles, flounders, and mackerel are generally used. Stew it in clear fish stock, until done, eight minutes will be enough; add cayenne, catsup, an anchovy, and any other flavouring ingredient; let it boil up, skim, and serve hot altogether in a tureen.
ref: 1851, Anne Cobbett, The English Housekeeper, Chapter 13:
glosses: A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder (Platichthys flesus).
examples: text: Blackfishing from the beach. I've done my research. Hundreds of shipwrecks line the Jersey coast, and many of them are close enough to reach with a long cast on a dead-low tide. These wrecks hold tautog, porgies, sea bass, flounder.
ref: 2014, Nick Honachefsky, The Jersey Surf Diaries:
glosses: Any of various flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae or Bothidae.
glosses: A bootmaker's tool for crimping boot fronts.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Achiropsettidae spp.
word: armless flounder
alt: Atheresthes stomias
word: arrowtooth flounder
taxonomic: Platichthys solemdali
word: Baltic flounder
alt: Verasper moseri
word: barfin flounder
alt: Pseudopleuronectes americanus
word: blackback flounder
taxonomic: Glyptocephalus stelleri
word: blackfin flounder
alt: Rhombosolea retiaria
word: black flounder
alt: Paralichthys californicus
word: California flounder
taxonomic: Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
word: craig flounder
alt: Hypsopsetta guttulata
word: diamond flounder
alt: Liopsetta putnami
word: eel-back flounder
taxonomic: Platichthys flesus
word: European flounder
word: flounderer
word: flounder house
word: flounderlike
word: flounderling
taxonomic: Bothus mancus
word: flowery flounder
word: fourspot flounder
alt: Paralichthys oblongus
word: four-spotted flounder
alt: Pseudopleuronectes americanus dignabilis
word: Georges Bank flounder
word: gray flounder
alt: Etropus rimosus
word: grey flouder
taxonomic: Platichthys stellatus
word: great flounder
alt: Rhombosolea tapirina
word: greenback flounder
alt: Paralichthys albigutta
word: Gulf flounder
taxonomic: Bothidae spp.
word: left-eyed flounder
alt: Paralichthys olivaceus
word: olive flounder
taxonomic: Bothus mancus
word: peacock flounder
alt: Paralichthodes algoensis
word: peppered flounder
taxonomic: Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
word: pole flounder
taxonomic: Pleuronectidae spp.
word: righteye flounder
taxonomic: Paralichthyidae spp.
word: sand flounder
taxonomic: Achiropsettidae spp.
word: southern flounder
taxonomic: Platichthys stellatus
word: starry flounder
alt: Paralichthys dentatus
word: summer flounder
taxonomic: Pleuronectes maculatus
word: water flounder
taxonomic: Scophthalmus aquosus
word: windowpane flounder
alt: Pseudopleuronectes americanus
word: winter flounder
taxonomic: Glyptocephalus cynoglossus
word: witch flounder
taxonomic: Limanda ferruginea
word: yellowtail flounder