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Definition of Plaice
1. Noun. Flesh of large European flatfish.
2. Noun. Large European food fish.
Generic synonyms: Righteye Flounder, Righteyed Flounder
Group relationships: Genus Pleuronectes, Pleuronectes
Definition of Plaice
1. n. A European food fish (Pleuronectes platessa), allied to the flounder, and growing to the weight of eight or ten pounds or more.
Definition of Plaice
1. Noun. The large marine flatfish, ''Pleuronectes platessa'', commonly found in the North Sea and Irish Sea, with smooth brown skin and red or orange spots. ¹
2. Noun. The flatfish, ''Hippoglossoides platessoides'', of the North American Atlantic; American plaice. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Plaice
1. a European flatfish [n -S]
Medical Definition of Plaice
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Plaice
Literary usage of Plaice
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"This haul yielded only 1400 plaice, but they were of larger size, ... My view
that the small size and slow growth of the plaice in the Nissum Broad is due ..."
2. Ocean Research and the Great Fisheries by Gerard Charles Lisle Howell (1921)
"Large quantities of plaice, 8 to 10 inches long, were to be had on the ...
He had observed that plaice caught fifteen to twenty-five miles off shore from ..."
3. Denmark in English and American Literature: A Bibliography by Danish-American Association (1915)
"AC Johansen: Contributions to the biology of the plaice with special regard ...
The marking and transplantation experiments with plaice in the Danish waters ..."
4. The Art of Angling by Richard Brookes (1781)
"It differs from a plaice in being thicker., in having large Scales, ... The DAE
is a little thicker than- a plaice, but much about the fame Size. ..."
5. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"(E.) So «ailed because excellent eating for holidays ; the lit. sense is ' holy (ie
holiday) plaice.' From ME hali, holy (see Holy), and butte, a plaice ..."
6. The Sea-fisherman: Comprising the Chief Methods of Hook and Line Fishing in by James C. Wilcocks (1884)
"Large quantities of plaice are taken with the trawl, also with the trot or ...
Small plaice, Dabs, Flounders, and Freshwater Eels may be taken from off most ..."
7. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"This haul yielded only 1400 plaice, but they were of larger size, ... My view
that the small size and slow growth of the plaice in the Nissum Broad is due ..."
8. Ocean Research and the Great Fisheries by Gerard Charles Lisle Howell (1921)
"Large quantities of plaice, 8 to 10 inches long, were to be had on the ...
He had observed that plaice caught fifteen to twenty-five miles off shore from ..."
9. Denmark in English and American Literature: A Bibliography by Danish-American Association (1915)
"AC Johansen: Contributions to the biology of the plaice with special regard ...
The marking and transplantation experiments with plaice in the Danish waters ..."
10. The Art of Angling by Richard Brookes (1781)
"It differs from a plaice in being thicker., in having large Scales, ... The DAE
is a little thicker than- a plaice, but much about the fame Size. ..."
11. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"(E.) So «ailed because excellent eating for holidays ; the lit. sense is ' holy (ie
holiday) plaice.' From ME hali, holy (see Holy), and butte, a plaice ..."
12. The Sea-fisherman: Comprising the Chief Methods of Hook and Line Fishing in by James C. Wilcocks (1884)
"Large quantities of plaice are taken with the trawl, also with the trot or ...
Small plaice, Dabs, Flounders, and Freshwater Eels may be taken from off most ..."
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