plaice Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun flesh of large European flatfish
  2. noun large European food fish
    Pleuronectes platessa.

WordNet

Plaice noun
Etymology
F. plaise, plais, prob. fr. L. platessa flatish, plaice. See Place.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (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. B. Jonson.

Webster 1913