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Paralichthys dentatus
Plaice Plaice, n. [F. plaise, plais, prob. fr. L. platessa flatish, plaice. See Place.] (Zo["o]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.
Paralichthys dentatus
Flounder Floun"der, n. [Cf. Sw. flundra; akin to Dan. flynder, Icel. fly?ra, G. flunder, and perh. to E. flounder, v.i.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A flatfish of the family Pleuronectid[ae], of many species. Note: The common English flounder is Pleuronectes flesus. There are several common American species used as food; as the smooth flounder (P. glabra); the rough or winter flounder (P. Americanus); the summer flounder, or plaice (Paralichthys dentatus), Atlantic coast; and the starry flounder (Pleuronectes stellatus). 2. (Bootmaking) A tool used in crimping boot fronts.

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- Look up dentatus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dentatus may refer to: Manius Curius Dentatus (died 270 BC), son of Manius, a three-time consul and...
- to Pliny, he was born with teeth, thus earning the surname Dentatus, "toothed." Dentatus was a tribune of the plebs sometime between 298 and 291 BC....
- The summer flounder or fluke (Paralichthys dentatus) is a marine flatfish that is found in the Atlantic Ocean off the East Coast of the United States and...
- Luteuthis dentatus, also known as Lu's jellyhead, is a medium-sized species of cirrate octopus found in the southwestern Pacific, originally described...
- Lucius Siccius or Sicinius Dentatus (died c. 450 BC) is a supposed Roman soldier, primus pilus, and tribune, famed for his martial bravery. He was cast...
- Mulloidichthys dentatus, the Mexican goatfish, is a species of goatfish native to the Pacific Ocean. M. dentatus was described in 1862 by Theodore Gill...
- Odonturus dentatus, known as the Kenyan deathstalker or giant orange deathstalker,[citation needed] is a small (roughly 5 centimetres or 2 inches) scorpion...
- E. dentatus may refer to: Elaeocarpus dentatus, the hinau, a forest tree species native of New Zealand Etisus dentatus, a crab species found in the Indo-Pacific...
- P. dentatus may refer to: Paralichthys dentatus, the summer flounder, a flatfish species Plagiodontes dentatus, an extinct land snail species Polyptychus...
- Henicops dentatus is a species of centipede in the Henicopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was first described in 1901 by British zoologist...