[floun-der] 
| 1. | to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually fol. by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water. |
| 2. | to struggle clumsily or helplessly: He floundered helplessly on the first day of his new job. |
[floun-der] 
) -der, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -ders. | 1. | a European, marine flatfish, Platichthys flesus, used for food. |
| 2. | any of numerous similar or closely related non-European flatfishes. |
| 3. | any flatfish other than soles. |
| floun·der 2 (floun'dər) n. pl. flounder or floun·ders Any of various marine flatfishes of the families Bothidae and Pleuronectidae, which include important food fishes. [Middle English, from Anglo-Norman floundre, of Scandinavian origin; see plat- in Indo-European roots.] |
