PLAICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plaice mean? 

• PLAICE (noun)
  The noun PLAICE has 2 senses:

1. flesh of large European flatfish

2. large European food fish

  Familiarity information: PLAICE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLAICE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flesh of large European flatfish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("plaice" is a kind of...):

flounder (flesh of any of various American and European flatfish)

Holonyms ("plaice" is a part of...):

plaice; Pleuronectes platessa (large European food fish)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large European food fish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

plaice; Pleuronectes platessa

Hypernyms ("plaice" is a kind of...):

righteye flounder; righteyed flounder (flounders with both eyes on the right side of the head)

Meronyms (parts of "plaice"):

plaice (flesh of large European flatfish)

Holonyms ("plaice" is a member of...):

genus Pleuronectes; Pleuronectes (type genus of the Pleuronectidae)