plaice
See also: Plaice
English edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle English playce, plays, from Old French plaiz, from Late Latin platessa, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “broad”). See platy-, plat and flat.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
plaice (plural plaice or plaices)
- Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae:
- Pleuronectes platessa (European plaice), commonly found in the North Sea and Irish Sea, with smooth brown skin and red or orange spots.
- Synonyms: plaice-fluke, Dutch plaice
- Hippoglossoides platessoides (American plaice), of the North American Atlantic.
- Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus (Alaska plaice), of the eastern North Pacific.
- Acanthopsetta nadeshnyi (scale-eye plaice), of the western North Pacific.
- Liopsetta glacialis (polar plaice)
- Pleuronectes platessa (European plaice), commonly found in the North Sea and Irish Sea, with smooth brown skin and red or orange spots.
Translations edit
Pleuronectes platessa
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Hippoglossoides platessoides
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Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus
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Further reading edit
- plaice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pleuronectes platessa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Pleuronectidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Pleuronectidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams edit
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
plaice f
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
plaice | phlaice | bplaice |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Middle English edit
Noun edit
plaice
- Alternative form of playce