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Define the word windowpane

Windowpane \Win"dow*pane`\, n.
   1. (Arch.) See Pane, n., (3)
      b . [In this sense, written also window pane.]
        [1913 Webster]

   2. (Zool.) 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.
      [1913 Webster]

windowpane
     n 1: a pane in a window; "the ball shattered the window" [syn: window]
     2: very thin translucent flounder of the Atlantic coast of
        North America [syn: Scophthalmus aquosus]

38 Moby Thesaurus words for "windowpane":
   bay, bay window, bow window, casement, casement window, diaphane,
   display case, fan window, fanlight, glass, glassware, grille,
   lancet window, lantern, lattice, light, louver window, oriel, pane,
   picture window, port, porthole, rose window, shopwindow, showcase,
   skylight, stemware, transom, transparent substance, vitrics,
   vitrine, watch crystal, watch glass, wicket, window, window bay,
   window glass, windowlight