Category:Plaice

Plaice, n. Etym: [f. plaise, plais, prob. fr. L. platessa flatish, Plaice. See place.] (zoöl.) (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.