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plaice


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Plaice  \Plaice\,  n.  [F.  plaise,  plais,  prob.  fr  L.  platessa 
  flatish,  plaice.  See  {Place}.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  plaice 
  n  1:  flesh  of  large  European  flatfish 
  2:  large  European  food  fish  [syn:  {Pleuronectes  platessa}] 




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