plaice

plaice

 (plās)

n. pl. plaice or plaic·es

1. A large edible marine flatfish (Pleuronectes platessa) of European coastal waters.

2. Any of various other flatfishes, such as Hippoglossoides platessoides of northern Atlantic coastal waters.

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[Middle English, from Old French plais, from Vulgar Latin *platīx, alteration of Late Latin platessa, probably ultimately from Greek platus, broad; see plat- in Indo-European roots.]

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plaice

(pleɪs)

n, pl plaice or plaices

1. (Animals) 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. (Animals) US and Canadian any of various other fishes of the family Pleuronectidae, esp Hippoglossoides platessoides

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

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plaice

(pleɪs)

n., pl. plaice.

1. a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, used for food.

2. any of various American flatfishes or flounders.

[1250–1300; Middle English, variant of plais < Old French < Late Latin platessa flatfish « Greek platýs flat¹, broad]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	plaice - flesh of large European flatfish   Pleuronectes platessa, plaice - large European food fish flounder - flesh of any of various American and European flatfish
	2.	plaice - large European food fish     Pleuronectes platessa righteye flounder, righteyed flounder - flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head genus Pleuronectes, Pleuronectes - type genus of the Pleuronectidae plaice - flesh of large European flatfish

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Translations

نوع من السَّمك المُفَلْطَح

platýz

rødspætte

Scholle

pliecarrelet

lepényhal

skarkoli, rauîspretta

passera di mareplatessa

plekšnė

plekste

gullflyndrerødspette

platesa

pisi balığı

欧蝶

plaice

[pleɪs] N (plaice or plaices (pl)) → platija f

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plaice

[ˈpleɪs] [plaice] [ˈpleɪs] (pl) n → carrelet m

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plaice

n no pl → Scholle f

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plaice

[pleɪs] n → platessa, passera di mare

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plaice

(pleis) – plural plaice – noun

a type of flat fish. skol نوع من السَّمك المُفَلْطَح писия solha platýz die Scholle rødspætte γλώσσαplatija lest ماهی پلایس punakampela plie דַג משֶה רַבֵּנוּ एक प्रकार की समुद्री मछली list lepényhal sejenis ikan yang bentuknya pipih skarkoli, rauðspretta platessa ひらめ 가자미 plekšnė plekste ikan sebelah scholrødspette, gullflyndre płastuga یو دول کب ده solha cambulă камбала platesa navadna plošča list riba rödspätta ปลาชนิดหนึ่ง pisi balığı (魚)歐蝶 камбала ايک قسم کي مچھلي cá bơn sao （鱼）欧蝶

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