Do flounders🐟🐟 ''flound"?

[Anonymous]

They're called flounders because apparently they flound? 😂

[purplepoppy]

All fish flound about on dry land. However flounder do like shallow muddy waters and can get trapped in pools where they flap about until a seagull eats them. There's a local sport where you paddle and try and catch them with a garden fork and your feet. You don't see it much now because numbers of flounder have declined but old people will tell you they could catch a hundred in a day.

[Anonymous]

The name "flounder" actually comes from the Old French word "flondre," which means "to stumble" or "to trip." This is because flounders are known for their unusual swimming style, in which they lie flat on the ocean floor and use their fins to push themselves along. This can make them appear as if they are stumbling or tripping along the bottom of the ocean. So the name "flounder" does not come from the verb "to flounder," which means to struggle or flop around awkwardly, but rather from the Old French word "flondre."