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plaice
[ pleys ]
noun
, plural plaice.
- a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, used for food.
- any of various American flatfishes or flounders.
plaice
/ pleɪs /
noun
- a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, having an oval brown body marked with red or orange spots and valued as a food fish: family Pleuronectidae
- any of various other fishes of the family Pleuronectidae, esp Hippoglossoides platessoides
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of plaice1
C13: from Old French plaïz, from Late Latin platessa flatfish, from Greek platus flat
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Example Sentences
The sea supplied abundance of salmon, trout, cod, and plaice.
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The next in order are haddock, cod and plaice, and the east coast fisheries return the greatest bulk of these also.
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Are you ready for your cutlet now, sir, and all that plaice left in the dish?
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And Dionysius, in his Cookery Book, also speaks of the hyna or plaice.
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Mr Buckland prescribes a diet of roe of sole, or plaice, or whiting.
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