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Plaice

//pleɪs// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    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.
  2. 2
    large European food fish wordnet
  3. 3
    Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae:; Hippoglossoides platessoides (American plaice), of the North American Atlantic.
  4. 4
    flesh of large European flatfish wordnet
  5. 5
    Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae:; Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus (Alaska plaice), of the eastern North Pacific.
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  1. 6
    Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae:; Acanthopsetta nadeshnyi (scale-eye plaice), of the western North Pacific.
  2. 7
    Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae:; Liopsetta glacialis (polar plaice)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English playce, plays, from Old French plaiz, from Late Latin platessa, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad”). See platy-, plat and flat.

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