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| plaice [ playss ] (plural plaice) |
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1. large flat ocean fish: a large flat-bodied ocean fish with brown skin and red or orange spots. Native to: European waters. Latin name Pleuronectes platessa.
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2. flatfish of N American Atlantic: a fish similar to and related to the European plaice. Native to: North American Atlantic. Latin name Hippoglossoides platessoides.
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| [13th century. Via Old French plaïs< late Latin platessa "flatfish" < Greek platus "broad"] |
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