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PLAICE (Pleuronectes platessa)

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 705 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PLAICE (Pleuronectes platessa)

PLAICE (Pleuronectes platessa) , a See also:

SPECIES

species of See also:

FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat-See also:

fish, See also:

COMMON

common on the coasts of See also:

NORTHERN

northern See also:

EUROPE

Europe from See also:

ICELAND (Dan. Island)

Iceland to the See also:

BAY

Bay of See also:

Biscay. It is readily recognized by the yellow or See also:

orange-coloured spots which are placed in a See also:

ROW, JOHN (c. 1525—1580)

row along the dorsal and anal fins, and scattered over the See also:

BODY

body. The eyes are on the right See also:

side, and the See also:

TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth in the jaws compressed and truncate. The scales are See also:

minute and smooth. Plaice, like other flat-fishes, prefer a sandy flat bottom to a rocky ground, and occur in suitable localities in See also:

GREAT

great abundance; they spawn See also:

early in See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring, and are in finest See also:

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition in the See also:

month of May. Individuals of seven or eight pounds See also:

WEIGHT

weight are considered fish of large See also:

SIZE

size, but specimens of See also:

double that weight have been caught. See the monograph by F. J. See also:

Cole and J. See also:

JOHNSTONE

Johnstone (See also:

Liverpool, 1901) ; and W. Garstang's " Reports on the Natural See also:

HISTORY

History of the Plaice " (See also:

RAP

Rap ports et proces-verbaux du conseil See also:

INTERNATIONAL, THE

international pour l'exploration de la mer, 1905 seq.).

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