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Definition plaice

Etymology

From Old French plaiz, from Late Latin platessa, from Ancient Greek ?????? (platús, “broad”).

Noun

plaice (plural plaice or plaices)

1. Several similar marine flatfish of family Pleuronectidae of right-eye flounders:
   1. Pleuronectes platessa (European plaice), commonly found in the North Sea and Irish Sea, with smooth brown skin and red or orange spots.
   2. Hippoglossoides platessoides (American plaice), of the North American Atlantic.
   3. Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus (Alaska plaice), of the eastern North Pacific.
   4. Acanthopsetta nadeshnyi (scale-eye plaice), of the western North Pacific.
   5. Liopsetta glacialis (polar plaice)

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