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Definition of Pleuronectes platessa
1. Noun. Large European food fish.
Generic synonyms: Righteye Flounder, Righteyed Flounder
Group relationships: Genus Pleuronectes, Pleuronectes
Terms within: Plaice
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleuronectes Platessa
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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