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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.

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

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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