Plaice Definition

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plaices
noun
plaices
Any of various American and European flounders (esp. genera Pleuronectes and Hippoglossoides)
Webster's New World
Any of various other flatfishes, such as Hippoglossoides platessoides of northern Atlantic coastal waters.
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plaice
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plaices

Origin of Plaice

  • Middle English from Old French plais from Vulgar Latin platīx alteration of Late Latin platessa probably ultimately from Greek platus broad plat- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French plaiz, from Late Latin platessa, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platus, “broad").

    From Wiktionary

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