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 Plaice n.  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.]
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 Floun·der n.
 1. Zool. A flatfish of the family Pleuronectidæ, of many species.
 Note: ☞ The common English flounder is Pleuronectes flesus. There are several common American species used as food; as the smooth flounder (P. glabra); the rough or winter flounder (P. Americanus); the summer flounder, or plaice (Paralichthys dentatus), Atlantic coast; and the starry flounder (Pleuronectes stellatus).
 2. Bootmaking A tool used in crimping boot fronts.

 Paralichthys dentatus
      n : flounder of eastern coast of North America [syn: summer
          flounder]