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tench (t

nch)

n. pl. tench or tench·es

An edible Eurasian freshwater fish (Tinca tinca) having small scales and two barbels near the mouth.

[Middle English tenche, from Old French, from Late Latin tinca, probably of Celtic origin.]

tench [tɛntʃ]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a European freshwater cyprinid game fish, Tinca tinca, having a thickset dark greenish body with a barbel at each side of the mouth

[from Old French tenche, from Late Latin tinca]

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Noun

tench - freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water

Tinca tinca

cyprinid, cyprinid fish - soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales

genus Tinca, Tinca - tench

Translations

tench [tentʃ] N (pl inv) → tenca f

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