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plaice

[ pleys ]

noun

, plural plaice.
  1. a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, used for food.
  2. any of various American flatfishes or flounders.


plaice

/ pleɪs /

noun

  1. a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, having an oval brown body marked with red or orange spots and valued as a food fish: family Pleuronectidae
  2. any of various other fishes of the family Pleuronectidae, esp Hippoglossoides platessoides
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of plaice1

1250–1300; Middle English, variant of plais < Old French < Late Latin platessa flatfish < Greek platýs flat 1, broad
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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.

The next in order are haddock, cod and plaice, and the east coast fisheries return the greatest bulk of these also.

Are you ready for your cutlet now, sir, and all that plaice left in the dish?

And Dionysius, in his Cookery Book, also speaks of the hyna or plaice.

Mr Buckland prescribes a diet of roe of sole, or plaice, or whiting.

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