pleuronectes platessa

2 definitions found

pleuronectes platessa - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

pleuronectes platessa - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Pleuronectes platessa
      n 1: large European food fish [syn: plaice, Pleuronectes platessa
           ]