Definition of Plaices. Meaning of Plaices. Synonyms of Plaices

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Plaices. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Plaices and, of course, Plaices synonyms and on the right images related to the word Plaices.

Definition of Plaices

Plaice
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.

Meaning of Plaices from wikipedia

- Plaice is a common name for a group of flatfish that comprises four species: the European, American, Alaskan and scale-eye plaice. Commercially, the most...
- The European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), commonly referred to as simply plaice, is a species of marine flatfish in the genus Pleuronectes of the family...
- up plaice in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Plaice is the common name of four species of flatfishes. Plaice or PLAICE may also refer to: USS Plaice (SS-390)...
- USS Plaice (SS-390), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the plaice, one of the various American flatfish; summer...
- The American plaice, American sole or long rough dab (Hippoglossoides platessoides) is a North Atlantic flatfish that belongs, along with other right-e****...
- Alaska plaice (Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus) is a sal****er fish that live in the North Pacific Ocean. Alaska plaice are right-eye flounders which live...
- The PLAICE, or FLASH-PLAICE, is a powerful open source hardware device, combining a flash memory programmer, in-circuit emulation, and a high-speed multi-channel...
- Stephen Plaice (born 9 September 1951) is a UK-based dramatist and scriptwriter who has written extensively for theatre, opera and television. In 2014...
- now more often used as a condiment or dipping sauce, primarily for sole, plaice, and seafood cakes (such as crab or salmon cakes). RĂ©moulade is originally...
- The scale-eye plaice (Acanthopsetta nadeshnyi) is a species of flatfish in the family Pleuronectidae. It is a demersal fish that lives at depths from between...