Plaice

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Plaice \Plaice\, n. [F. plaise, plais, prob. fr. L. platessa
     flatish, plaice. See {Place}.] (Zool.)
     (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}.]
         [1913 Webster]
  
     {Plaice mouth}, a mouth like that of a plaice; a small or wry
        mouth. [R.] --B. Jonson.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  plaice
       n 1: flesh of large European flatfish
       2: large European food fish [syn: {Pleuronectes platessa}]