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dace

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dace  (ds)
n. pl. dace or dac·es
Any of various small freshwater fishes of the family Cyprinidae, which also includes carps and minnows.

[Middle English dace, darce, from Old French dars, from Late Latin darsus, possibly of Celtic origin.]

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
Noun1.dacedace - small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body
cyprinid, cyprinid fish - soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales
genus Leuciscus, Leuciscus - a genus of fish including: dace, chub
Translations
dace [deɪs] N (dace or daces (pl)) → albur m
dace [ˈdeɪs] n (= fish) → vandoise f
dace
n pl <-> → Weißfisch m


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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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