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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

plaise

plais

, prob. fr. L.

platessa

flatish, plaice. See

(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

Plaice mouth

a mouth like that of a plaice; a small or wry mouth.

[R.]

B. Jonson.