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plaice

noun

  1. common name for a group of flatfish
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /pleɪs/

name

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: 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.

  1. Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae:
  2. Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae:
  3. Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae:
  4. Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae:
  5. Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae: