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dace [deɪs] n pl dace, daces
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a European freshwater cyprinid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, with a slender bluish-green body 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various similar fishes [from Old French dars dart, probably referring to its swiftness] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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I had been sitting there all the afternoon and had caught literally nothing - except a few dozen dace and a score of jack; and I was just about giving it up as a bad job when I suddenly felt a rather smart pull at the line. The chub and the dace and the carp, not to speak of that Chinese pirate the pike, might still look to it, when I came forth armed with rod and line; but for me and my house the trout is henceforth sacred. The river Avon at Rugby is a slow and not very clear stream, in which chub, dace, roach, and other coarse fish are (or were) plentiful enough, together with a fair sprinkling of small jack, but no fish worth sixpence either for sport or food. |
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