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.

• enPR: plās, IPA^(key): /pleɪs/
• Rhymes: -eɪs
• Homophone: place

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plaice (plural plaice or plaices)

1. Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae:
   1. Pleuronectes platessa (European plaice), commonly found in the North Sea and Irish Sea, with smooth brown skin and red or orange spots.

      Synonyms: plaice-fluke, Dutch plaice

   2. Hippoglossoides platessoides (American plaice), of the North American Atlantic.
   3. Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus (Alaska plaice), of the eastern North Pacific.
   4. Acanthopsetta nadeshnyi (scale-eye plaice), of the western North Pacific.
   5. Liopsetta glacialis (polar plaice)

• plaice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pleuronectes platessa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pleuronectidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Pleuronectidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• epical, piacle, plicae

• IPA^(key): /ˈpˠlˠacɪ/

plaice f

1. genitive singular of plaic

plaice

1. Alternative form of playce