plaice
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noun, plural plaice.
1.
a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, used for food.
2.
any of various American flatfishes or flounders.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English, variant of plais < Old French < Late Latin platessa flatfish < Greek platýs flat1, broad
1250–1300; Middle English, variant of plais < Old French < Late Latin platessa flatfish < Greek platýs flat1, broad
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| —n , pl plaice, plaices | |
| 1. | a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, having an oval brown body marked with red or orange spots and valued as a food fish: family Pleuronectidae |
| 2. | (US), (Canadian) any of various other fishes of the family Pleuronectidae, esp Hippoglossoides platessoides |
| [C13: from Old French plaïz, from Late Latin platessa flatfish, from Greek platus flat] | |
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Plaice
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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