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plaice

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plaice  (pls)
n. pl. plaice or plaic·es
1. A large edible marine flatfish (Pleuronectes platessa) of western European waters.
2. Any of various flatfishes, such as Hippoglossoides platessoides of North American Atlantic waters, related to the plaice.

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

plaice [pleɪs]
n pl plaice, plaices
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) US and Canadian any of various other fishes of the family Pleuronectidae, esp Hippoglossoides platessoides
[from Old French plaïz, from Late Latin platessa flatfish, from Greek platus flat]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.plaiceplaice - flesh of large European flatfish    
Pleuronectes platessa, plaice - large European food fish
flounder - flesh of any of various American and European flatfish
2.plaiceplaice - large European food fish            
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
Translations
plaice [pleɪs] N (plaice or plaices (pl)) → platija f

plaice [ˈpleɪs] [plaice] [ˈpleɪs] (pl) ncarrelet m

plaice
n no plScholle f

plaice [pleɪs] nplatessa, passera di mare
plaice [pleɪs] nplatessa, passera di mare

plaice
n plaice [pleis]
a type of flat fish. skol نوع من السَّمك المُفَلْطَح писия platýz rødspætte die Scholle γλώσσα (το ψάρι) platija 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 schol rødspette, gullflyndre płastuga solha cambulă камбала platesa navadna plošča list riba rödspätta ปลาชนิดหนึ่ง pisi balığı (魚)歐蝶 камбала ايک قسم کي مچھلي cá bơn sao


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, depreciate, the delicate fat Milton oyster, the plaice sound and firm, the flounder as much alive as when in the water, the shrimp as big as a prawn, the fine cod alive but a few hours ago, or any other of the various treasures which those water-deities who fish the sea and rivers have committed to the care of the nymphs, the angry Naiades lift up their immortal voices, and the prophane wretch is struck deaf for his impiety.
The landlady called it French cooking, by which she meant that the poor quality of the materials was disguised by ill-made sauces: plaice masqueraded as sole and New Zealand mutton as lamb.
 
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