n. [ Cf. Sw. flundra; akin to Dan. flynder, Icel. fly&unr_;ra, G. flunder, and perh. to E. flounder, v.i. ]
☞ The common English flounder is Pleuronectes flesus. There are several common American species used as food; as the smooth flounder (P. glabra); the rough or winter flounder (P. Americanus); the summer flounder, or plaice (Paralichthys dentatus), Atlantic coast; and the starry flounder (Pleuronectes stellatus). [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
They have floundered on from blunder to blunder. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of floundering. [ 1913 Webster ]