Definition of Plice
Plaice (?), n. [F. plaise,
plais, prob. fr. L. platessa flatish, plaice. See
Place.] (Zoöl.) (a) A European
food fish (Pleuronectes platessa), allied to the flounder, and
growing to the weight of eight or ten pounds or more.
(b) A large American flounder (Paralichthys
dentatus; called also brail, puckermouth, and
summer flounder. The name is sometimes applied to other allied
species. [Written also plaise.]
Plaice mouth, a mouth like that of a plaice;
a small or wry mouth. [R.] B. Jonson.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The large marine flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, commonly found in the North Sea and Irish Sea, with smooth brown skin and red or orange spots.
- The flatfish, Hippoglossoides platessoides, of the North American Atlantic.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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