Plaice : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Plaice	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Plaice
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plaice n flesh of large European flatfish large European food fish Synonym(s): plaice, Pleuronectes platessa
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plaice \Plaice\, n. [F. plaise, plais, prob. fr. L. platessa flatish, plaice. See {Place}.] (Zo[94]l.) (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.