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European plaice

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A commercially important flatfish of the species Pleuronectes platessa, native to European waters.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

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17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: soya — Pleuronectes platessa
  • Asturian: soyu — Pleuronectes platessa
  • Catalan: capellà — Pleuronectes platessa
  • Danish: rødspætte — Pleuronectes platessa
  • Dutch: schol — Pleuronectes platessa
  • Faroese: reyðsprøka — Pleuronectes platessa
  • Finnish: punakampela — Pleuronectes platessa
  • French: carrelet — Pleuronectes platessa
  • French: plie d'Europe — Pleuronectes platessa
  • French: plie commune — Pleuronectes platessa
  • Galician: solla — Pleuronectes platessa
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rødspette — Pleuronectes platessa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: raudspette — Pleuronectes platessa
  • Russian: морска́я ка́мбала (morskája kámbala) — Pleuronectes platessa
  • Swedish: rödspätta — Pleuronectes platessa
  • Swedish: spätta — Pleuronectes platessa
  • Swedish: rödspotta — Pleuronectes platessa