flounder in English

noun

1

a small flatfish that typically occurs in shallow coastal water.

The study was spurred by previous observations of feminization in estuarine fish, particularly the flounder , a common flatfish, Matthiessen said.

verb

1

struggle or stagger helplessly or clumsily in water or mud.

he was floundering about in the shallow offshore waters

synonyms: struggle, thrash, flail, twist and turn, splash, stagger, stumble, reel, lurch, blunder, squirm, writhe

verb

struggle, thrash, flail, twist and turn, splash, stagger, stumble, reel, lurch, blunder, squirm, writhe
struggle, be out of one's depth, have difficulty, be confounded, be confused, scratch one's head, be flummoxed, be clueless, be foxed, be fazed, be floored, be beaten
struggle financially, be in dire straits, face financial ruin, be in difficulties, face bankruptcy/insolvency, founder
stagger

Use "flounder" in a sentence

1. No, their case will flounder.

2. Dover's town beach for flounder.

3. 7 The new democracy there continues to flounder.

4. She could only flounder through her song.

5. The new democracy there continues to flounder.

6. If we flounder, then the Gods are surely displeased.

7. The flounder put them back in the old hovel.

8. Amphipoda are food for many edible fish (cod, flounder, herring, carp, …

9. The flounder population is also on the increase.

10. Cut off the head, and the body will flounder.

11. Quality flounder from the lower reaches of Poole harbour.

12. What a pity that his career was left to flounder.

13. The flounder surfaced and asked the fisherman what he wanted.

14. The flounder put them back in the old hovel.sentence dictionary

15. Amphipoda are food for many edible fish (cod, flounder, herring, carp, …

16. Mrs Fridays Tavern Battered Flounder Cod Fillet, 2.5 Pound -- 4 per case

17. Why might an attempt to explain a particular set of phenomena flounder?

18. However, it seemed to flounder whenever it tried to pin multimedia down.

19. Dover Breakwater offered flounder, dabs and small pout with the inside wall best.

20. The fisherman trudged to the sea once more, spoke, and the flounder granted the wish.

21. It had many characteristics in common with the flounder AFP studied in our laboratories.

22. Sandbars at Hurst Castle provided limited action during night sessions with small dabs, flounder and pout.

23. Do they seem to be dazzled by strong light, or flounder in less well-lit places?

24. The flounder has become adapted to bottom-living to a quite extraordinary degree.

25. Rockling, dabs, odd flounder and school bass at night over the sandbanks at Llandanwg.

26. 10 Dover Breakwater offered flounder, dabs and small pout with the inside wall best.

27. The fisherman made the request of the flounder, and this wish came true too.

28. The researchers used X-ray scattering to study hyperactive type I AFPs in winter flounder.

29. Southwold to Brightlingsea poor with flounder and dabs plus occasional sole and plaice from estuaries.

30. Tying the Coypu Dab (or Small Flounder) Where found, dabs are delicious treats for stripers and other game fish

31. 13 Bournemouth beaches produced odd flounder at night with pout, rockling and flatfish at Friars Cliff.

32. Amontillado at Poe's Tavern "We had the flounder sandwich (sandwich of the day) and the Amontillado

33. 27 Sandbars at Hurst Castle provided limited action during night sessions with small dabs, flounder and pout.

34. Only the off flounder left on the north bank at Portmadoc with no reports from the estuary.

35. If the flounder still exists it will be king. - foreign words and phrases scattered here and there!

36. Stretch of beach between Fishbourne and Ryde Pier offered good flounder at night with odd dabs at Seaview.

37. Ragworm is the principal flounder bait with the exception of May and June when peeler crab will produce.

38. The Algonquian used weirs, a type of underwater netted fencing, to effectively corral native fishes (flounder, trout, mullet, etc.)

39. The scenario mentioned earlier involving the hidden flounder and the shark actually occurred during a scientific study of sharks.

40. 22 A virus was isolated from the kidney tissues of anemic Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus by using CHSE-2

41. The flounder told him his wife had her wish, and when the fisherman got home, he saw it was true.

42. Ariel is an independent young mermaid who spends her days with Flounder and Sebastian, singing and dreaming of another world

43. Fish − − − − − − − − − − − Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) American eel (Anguilla rostrata) Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus harengus) Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) Sea-run trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) Rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) Striped bass (Morone saxatilis) Smooth flounder (Pleuronectes putnami) Winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) White hake (Urophysis tenuis)

44. St. Lawrence bass of two years and older appear to feed on Atlantic tomcod, rainbow smelt, American shad, alewife, herring and flounder.

45. In terms of numbers caught, recreational Crabbing in New Jersey exceeds recreational fishing catches of bluefish, flounder, black sea bass and striped bass.

46. In the 1890s yellow-Bellied was used in a literal sense to indicate fish, such as sole and flounder, that have light-colored undersides

47. A flounder lies completely concealed under a layer of sand in a shark pool, where a hungry shark is cruising in its general direction.

48. When Ariel and Flounder make their through a nearby sunken ship, they stumble upon something they've never seen before – and someone stumbles upon them! A Li

49. The shark cannot see the flounder; yet, in the blink of an eye, the shark stops, plunges its nose into the sand, and devours its quarry.

50. The European flounder (Platichthys flesus) is a flatfish of European coastal waters from the White Sea in the north to the Mediterranean and the Black Sea in the south.