plaice

[ pleys ]

noun

, plural plaice.

1. a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, used for food.
2. any of various American flatfishes or flounders.

plaice

/ pleɪs /

noun

1. 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. any of various other fishes of the family Pleuronectidae, esp Hippoglossoides platessoides

Word History and Origins

Origin of plaice¹

1250–1300; Middle English, variant of plais < Old French < Late Latin platessa flatfish < Greek platýs flat ¹, broad

Word History and Origins

Origin of plaice¹

C13: from Old French plaïz, from Late Latin platessa flatfish, from Greek platus flat

Example Sentences

The sea supplied abundance of salmon, trout, cod, and plaice.

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The next in order are haddock, cod and plaice, and the east coast fisheries return the greatest bulk of these also.

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Are you ready for your cutlet now, sir, and all that plaice left in the dish?

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And Dionysius, in his Cookery Book, also speaks of the hyna or plaice.

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Mr Buckland prescribes a diet of roe of sole, or plaice, or whiting.

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