Plaice Definition

plās
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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Other Word Forms of Plaice

Noun

Singular:
plaice
Plural:
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

Plaice Sentence Examples

  • Large quantities of herring, plaice and halibut are also taken.

  • It has consequently been proposed that the small plaice should be transplanted in millions to the Bank by well vessels every spring.

  • Plaice, like other flat-fishes, prefer a sandy flat bottom to a rocky ground, and occur in suitable localities in great abundance; they spawn early in spring, and are in finest condition in the month of May.

  • The fishermen of the district consequently combined to defray the expenses of transplanting large numbers of small plaice from the outer waters to the inner lagoons, where they were found to thrive far better than in their natural habitat.

  • But whereas the south coast has the advantage over the west in the herring and plaice fisheries, the reverse is the case in the haddock and cod fisheries, haddock, in particular, being landed in very small quantities at the south coast ports.

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Words Starting With

PPLPLA

Words Ending With

ECEICE

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