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plaice en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pleɪs/
• plās
• (UK) audio

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. 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.
   • Plaice, and flat fish of all kinds, are taken from the jetties at Yarmouth; and, by taking a boat, good sport may be had chopsticking for marckerel, whiting, and haddock, large quantities of these fish being caught here by this popular method. 1892, Ernest R. Suffling, The Land of the Broads, Stratford: Benjiman Perry, page 306:
2. Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae: ▸ Hippoglossoides platessoides (American plaice), of the North American Atlantic.
3. Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae: ▸ Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus (Alaska plaice), of the eastern North Pacific.
4. Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae: ▸ Acanthopsetta nadeshnyi (scale-eye plaice), of the western North Pacific.
5. Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae: ▸ Liopsetta glacialis (polar plaice)

Forms

Synonyms

Dutch plaice · plaice-fluke

Translations (35)

bg писия (Pleuronectes platessa) · ga leathóg bhallach (Pleuronectes platessa) · hu sima lepényhal (Pleuronectes platessa) · cs platýs drsný (Hippoglossoides platessoides) · el πλατέσσα (Pleuronectes platessa) · cs platýs evropský (Pleuronectes platessa) · pl gładzica (Pleuronectes platessa) · he שטחנון אטלנטי (Pleuronectes platessa) · is koli (Pleuronectes platessa) · fr flétan nain (Hippoglossoides platessoides) · ru морска́я ка́мбала (Pleuronectes platessa) · fo reyðsprøka (Pleuronectes platessa) · de Alaska-Scholle (Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus) · de Scholle (Pleuronectes platessa) · sv rödspätta (Pleuronectes platessa) · ast soyu (Pleuronectes platessa) · sv spätta (Pleuronectes platessa) · es platija (Pleuronectes platessa) · fi liejukampela (Hippoglossoides platessoides) · es solla (Pleuronectes platessa) · nl lange schar (Hippoglossoides platessoides) · sv rödspotta (Pleuronectes platessa) · cs platýs žlutobřichý (Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus) · ja プレイス (Pleuronectes platessa) · fr plie (Pleuronectes platessa) · fi punakampela (Pleuronectes platessa) · nrf pliaie (Pleuronectes platessa) · ca capellà (Pleuronectes platessa) · ast soya (Pleuronectes platessa) · cmn 鰈 /鲽 (Pleuronectes platessa) · ru ка́мбала-ёрш се́верная (Hippoglossoides platessoides) · ga plás (Pleuronectes platessa) · nl schol (Pleuronectes platessa) · ru ка́мбала четырёхбуго́рчатая (Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus) · fr carrelet (Pleuronectes platessa)