plaice (redirected from plaices)

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.

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[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.]

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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]

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

Translations

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 [pleɪs] n → platessa, passera di mare

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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 （鱼）欧蝶