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plaice

(pleɪs )

Word forms: plural plaice

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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

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. US and Canadian

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

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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)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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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

1.

a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, used for food

2.

any of various American flatfishes or flounders

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Word origin

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

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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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Which type of fish am I?

any deep-sea teleost fish of the genus Trachipterus, esp T. arcticus, related to the ribbonfishes and having a very long tapelike body and a fan-shaped tail fin

blenny dealfish snipefish

Which type of fish am I?

any scorpaenoid food fish of the family Hexagrammidae of the North Pacific Ocean

greenling lingcod perch

Which type of fish am I?

any ray of the family Dasyatidae, having a whiplike tail bearing a serrated venomous spine capable of inflicting painful weals on man

scabbard fish stingray weever

Which type of fish am I?

any spiny-finned marine teleost food fish of the family Zeidae, esp the John Dory, having a deep compressed body

dory herring surgeonfish

Which type of fish am I?

a large dark-striped percoid game fish, Rachycentron canadum, of tropical and subtropical seas: family Rachycentridae

cobia marlin sunfish

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plaice

British English: plaice /pleɪs/ NOUN

Plaice are a type of flat sea fish.

American English: plaice /ˈpleɪs/
Brazilian Portuguese: linguado
Chinese: 鲽鱼一种体形扁平的海鱼
European Spanish: platija
French: carrelet
German: Scholle
Italian: platessa
Japanese: ツノガレイ
Korean: 가자미류
European Portuguese: linguado
Latin American Spanish: platija

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