dace

dace (d

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]

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Noun

dace - small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body

Leuciscus leuciscus

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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Abramis cyprinid cyprinid fish Cyprinidae Dobule family Cyprinidae genus Leuciscus genus Tinca Leuciscus Leuciscus cephalus Leuciscus leuciscus Spawn eater tench Tinca Tinca tinca vendace	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. Three Men In A Boat (To Say Nothing Of The Dog) by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context 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 Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context 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. Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context	Da Ponte da Vinci Da Yunhe da'wah Da. dab dab at dab hand dab off dab on Daba Dabb dabber dabble dabbled dabbler dabbling duck Dabblingly dabchick Daboecia Daboecia cantabrica Daboia dabster Dacapo Dacca dace Dacelo Dacelo gigas dacha Dachau dachshund dachsie Dacia Dacian dacite dacitic dack dacks Dacninae dacoit dacoity Dacotahs dacquoise Dacridium laxifolius Dacron Dacrycarpus Dacrycarpus dacrydioides Dacrydium Dacrydium bidwilli Dacrydium colensoi Dacrydium cupressinum	DACAR dacarbazine dacarbazine dacarbazine DACAS DACASS DACAW DACB DACBDO DACBN DACBOR DACBR DACBSP DACBU DACC Dacca Dacca DACCC DACCE DACCIS DACCM Dacco DACCRE DACCS DACCTE DACCVE DACD dace Dace (Exalted) Dace (Exalted) DACEE DACEHTA Dacelo Dacelo Dacelo Dacelo gigas Dacelo novaeguinea Dacelo novaeguinea Dacelo novaeguinea Dacelo novaeguineae daces daces daces DACF DACFE DACFL DACG DACH Dach Centre Focussing DACH-PER dacha Dacha-Building Cooperative Dachas Dachau Dachau Dachau Dachau Hypothermia Experiments DACHC

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Abramis
cyprinid
cyprinid fish
Cyprinidae
Dobule
family Cyprinidae
genus Leuciscus
genus Tinca
Leuciscus
Leuciscus cephalus
Leuciscus leuciscus
Spawn eater
tench
Tinca
Tinca tinca
vendace

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.

Three Men In A Boat (To Say Nothing Of The Dog) by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context

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 Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context

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.

Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context

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