plaice

/pleys/US // pleɪs //UK // (pleɪs) //

鲽鱼,鲽形鱼,斑鸠,欧罗巴人

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
plural plaice.
- : a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, used for food.
- : any of various American flatfishes or flounders.

The sea supplied abundance of salmon, trout, cod, and plaice.
The next in order are haddock, cod and plaice, and the east coast fisheries return the greatest bulk of these also.
Are you ready for your cutlet now, sir, and all that plaice left in the dish?
And Dionysius, in his Cookery Book, also speaks of the hyna or plaice.
Mr Buckland prescribes a diet of roe of sole, or plaice, or whiting.