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Definition of Pleuronectes platessa

Pleuronectes platessa
Plaice Plaice, n. [F. plaise, plais, prob. fr. L. platessa flatish, plaice. See Place.] (Zo["o]l.) (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.] Plaice mouth, a mouth like that of a plaice; a small or wry mouth. [R.] --B. Jonson.

Meaning of Pleuronectes platessa from wikipedia

- European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), commonly referred to as simply plaice, is a species of marine flatfish in the genus Pleuronectes of the family Pleuronectidae...
- Pleuronectes platessa Linnaeus, 1758 (European plaice) Pleuronectes putnami (T. N. Gill, 1864) (American smooth flounder) Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus...
- late Latin platessa, meaning flatfish, which originated from the Ancient Gr**** platys, meaning broad. The European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) is a right-e****...
- most famous intergeneric hybrids are between the European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) and European flounder (Platichthys flesus) in the Baltic Sea, and...
- Arnoglossus thori Bothus podas Citharus linguatula Platichthys flesus Pleuronectes platessa Lepidorhombus boscii Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis Psetta maxima Scophthalmus...
- 1950s, but had decreased to 10–20 tonnes by the 1980s. The Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) is one of Sweden's most important food fishes. It is common around...
- The European flounder sometimes hybridises with European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) and, particularly in the western Baltic Sea, the hybrid is common...
- ecological study in 1896 by C.G. Johannes Petersen to estimate plaice, Pleuronectes platessa, po****tions. Sufficient time is allowed to p**** for the marked...
- different items like litter and rats, too. Old boot and rats Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) Sturgeon (Acipenser sturio) (New) Elbe Tunnel "Informationen St...
- flatfish, with the European flounder (Platichthys flesus), the plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), and the dab (Limanda limanda) as the most frequent hosts. It feeds...