Definition of 'plaice'

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plaice

(pleɪs )

Word forms: plural plaice

variable noun

Plaice are a type of flat sea fish.

Plaice is this fish eaten as food.

...a fillet of plaice with sautéed rice and vegetables.

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plaice in British English

(pleɪs )

nounWord forms: plural plaice or plaices

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. US and Canadian

any of various other fishes of the family Pleuronectidae, esp Hippoglossoides platessoides

Word origin

C13: from Old French plaïz, from Late Latin platessa flatfish, from Greek platus flat

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plaice in American English

(pleɪs )

nounWord forms: plural plaice or ˈplaices

any of various American and European flounders (esp. genera Pleuronectes and Hippoglossoides)

Word origin

ME plais < OFr plaïs < LL platessa, flatfish < Gr platys, broad: see platy-

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plaice in American English

(pleis)

nounWord forms: plural plaice

a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, used for food

any of various American flatfishes or flounders

Word origin

[1250–1300; ME, var. of plais ‹ OF ‹ LL platessa flatfish ‹ Gk platýs flat1, broad]

Examples of 'plaice' in a sentence
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Drop in the plaice fillets and leave for four minutes.This would go with anything, but made a deliciously healthy supper with fillets of plaice.Herring, sole and plaice were also smaller.Under his softly spoken guidance we have learnt to tell our bream from our snapper, our sole from our plaice.My grilled plaice was thick, juicy, hot.From this month, the ban will apply to haddock, sole and plaice in some areas.Fish is perfect for this treatment, particularly white fish such as haddock or cod, plaice or sole.A ban will apply to haddock, sole and plaice from January.

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Types of fish

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Which type of fish am I?

any primitive freshwater elongated bony fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North and Central America, having very long toothed jaws and a body covering of thick scales

garpike lungfish sturgeon

Which type of fish am I?

any marine spiny-finned fish of the order Heterosomata, including the halibut, plaice, turbot, and sole, all of which (when adult) swim along the sea floor on one side of the body, which is highly compressed and has both eyes on the uppermost side

flatfish remora surgeonfish

Which type of fish am I?

any of a genus (Ictiobus) of large, humpbacked, freshwater sucker fishes found in North America

buffalo fish cod perch

Which type of fish am I?

a South American lungfish, Lepidosiren paradoxa, having an eel-shaped body and whiplike paired fins

lepidosiren lungfish sea bass

Which type of fish am I?

any of numerous mainly freshwater teleost fishes having whisker-like barbels around the mouth, esp the silurids of Europe and Asia and the horned pouts of North America

burbot catfish perch

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