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Pleuronectes platessa
(gcide) | Plaice \Plaice\, n. [F. plaise, plais, prob. fr. L. platessa
flatish, plaice. See Place.] (Zool.)
(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.]
[1913 Webster]
Plaice mouth, a mouth like that of a plaice; a small or wry
mouth. [R.] --B. Jonson.
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pleuronectes platessa
(wn) | Pleuronectes platessa
n 1: large European food fish [syn: plaice, {Pleuronectes
platessa}] |
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Pleuronectes platessa
(gcide) | Plaice \Plaice\, n. [F. plaise, plais, prob. fr. L. platessa
flatish, plaice. See Place.] (Zool.)
(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.]
[1913 Webster]
Plaice mouth, a mouth like that of a plaice; a small or wry
mouth. [R.] --B. Jonson.
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