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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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- toarcian High Atlas is divided in 5 units: the continental layers with paralic deposits belong to the Azilal, along the s****face layers of the Tagoudite...
- Formation (Campanian, Alberta), a model Mesozoic terrestrial alluvial‐paralic system." Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology 372 (2013):...
- and brackish water animal based on its discovery from a non-marine to paralic sedimentary unit. Both the holotype and the largest specimen (TMP 2009...
- the Cambay Shale, in its lower part, is gradually replaced by tongues of paralic-deltaic Kadi Formation and finally by Tharad Formation. Source: Chowdhary...
- Nicholls, E.L., and Manabe, M. 2005. Plesiosaurian remains from non-marine to paralic sediments. In: Currie, P.J., and Koppelhus, E.B. (eds), Dinosaur Provincial...
- halos "near sea") titan" or "Stromer's tidal giant", in reference to the "paralic" tidal flats the animal lived on. The specific name honors Ernst Stromer...
- devastated shallow shelf communities in conjunction with anoxia. Evidence from paralic facies spanning the Permian-Tri****ic boundary in western Guizhou and eastern...
- Vincent; Solórzano-Kraemer, Mónica M.; Wappler, Torsten (July 2020). "The paralic Albian–Cenomanian Puy-Puy Lagerstätte (Aquitaine Basin, France): An overview...
- characterized the northern African margin as part of widespread coastal complex, paralic environments during the Barremian. Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane...
- the lithostratigraphy of southern England. The Wealden group consists of paralic to continental (freshwater) facies sedimentary rocks of Berriasian to Aptian...