'Plaice' definitions:
Definition of 'plaice'
From: WordNet
noun
Flesh of large European flatfish
noun
Large European food fish [syn: plaice, Pleuronectes platessa]
Definition of 'Plaice'
From: 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]