plaice

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Meaning

1. noun 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.
2. noun Pleuronectes platessa (European plaice), commonly found in the North Sea and Irish Sea, with smooth brown skin and red or orange spots.
3. noun Hippoglossoides platessoides (American plaice), of the North American Atlantic.
4. noun Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus (Alaska plaice), of the eastern North Pacific.
5. noun Acanthopsetta nadeshnyi (scale-eye plaice), of the western North Pacific.
6. noun Liopsetta glacialis (polar plaice)

Similar words

pleuronectes platessa flounder bent bend fold comply sole plaise european plaice righteye flounder

Often followed by

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