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]
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(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 | 1. |  tench - freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside watercyprinid, cyprinid fish - soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales genus Tinca, Tinca - tench |
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