plaice, Pleuronectes platessa
(noun) large European food fish
plaice
(noun) flesh of large European flatfish
Source: WordNet® 3.1
plaice (plural plaice or plaices)
Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae
Pleuronectes platessa (European plaice), commonly found in the North Sea and Irish Sea, with smooth brown skin and red or orange spots.
Hippoglossoides platessoides (American plaice), of the North American Atlantic.
Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus (Alaska plaice), of the eastern North Pacific.
Acanthopsetta nadeshnyi (scale-eye plaice), of the western North Pacific.
Liopsetta glacialis (polar plaice)
• epical, piacle, plicae
Plaice
A surname.
• epical, piacle, plicae
Source: Wiktionary
Plaice, n. Etym: [F. plaise, plais, prob. fr. L. platessa flatish, plaice. See Place.] (Zoöl.) (a) A European food fish (Pleuronectes platessa), allied to the flounder, and growing to the weight of eight or ten pounds or more. (b) A large American flounder (Paralichthys dentatus; called also brail, puckermouth, and summer flounder. The name is sometimes applied to other allied species. [Written also plaise.] Plaice mouth, a mouth like that of a plaice; a small or wry mouth. [R.] B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 May 2025
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