plaice.
Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae:
Meaning & usage
Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae: Pleuronectes platessa (European plaice), commonly found in the North Sea and Irish Sea, with smooth brown skin and red or orange spots.
Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae: Hippoglossoides platessoides (American plaice), of the North American Atlantic.
Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae: Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus (Alaska plaice), of the eastern North Pacific.
Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae: Acanthopsetta nadeshnyi (scale-eye plaice), of the western North Pacific.
Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae: Liopsetta glacialis (polar plaice)
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English playce, plays, from Old French plaiz, from Late Latin platessa, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad”). See platy-, plat and flat.
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