Definition of Pleuronectes platessa

1. Noun. Large European food fish.

Exact synonyms: Plaice
Generic synonyms: Righteye Flounder, Righteyed Flounder
Group relationships: Genus Pleuronectes, Pleuronectes
Terms within: Plaice

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleuronectes Platessa

Pleione
Pleiospilos
Pleistocene
Pleistocene epoch
Pleistophora
Pleotropic
Pleroma
Plesianthropus
Plethodon
Plethodon cinereus
Plethodon vehiculum
Plethodontidae
Pleurobrachia
Pleurobrachiidae
Pleuronectes
Pleuronectes platessa (current term)
Pleuronectidae
Pleurosorus
Pleurotus
Pleurotus ostreatus
Pleurotus phosphoreus
Pleven
Plevna
Plexiglas
Plicatoperipatus
Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis
Plimmer's bodies
Plimsoll line
Plimsoll mark

Literary usage of Pleuronectes platessa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Entertaining Naturalist: Being Popular Descriptions, Tales, and by Loudon (Jane) (1850)
"THE PLAICE, (Pleuronectes platessa,} When near the ground, they swim slowly and horizontally, but if suddenly disturbed, they change the horizontal to the ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1906)
"The two next forms to be considered were found in the blood of specimens of Pleuronectes platessa and Pleuronectes flesus, which were in the tanks of the ..."

3. The Entertaining Naturalist: Being Popular Descriptions, Tales, and by Loudon (Jane) (1850)
"THE PLAICE, (Pleuronectes platessa,} When near the ground, they swim slowly and horizontally, but if suddenly disturbed, they change the horizontal to the ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1906)
"The two next forms to be considered were found in the blood of specimens of Pleuronectes platessa and Pleuronectes flesus, which were in the tanks of the ..."

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