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dace

(dās)

n. pl. dace or dac·es

Any of various small freshwater fishes of the family Cyprinidae, especially Leuciscus leuciscus of Eurasia.

[Middle English dase, dace, variant of darse, from Old French dars, from Vulgar Latin *darsus (compare Medieval Latin darsus), possibly of Gaulish origin.]

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dace

(deɪs)

n, pl dace or daces

1. (Animals) a European freshwater cyprinid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, with a slender bluish-green body

2. (Animals) any of various similar fishes

[C15: from Old French dars dart, probably referring to its swiftness]

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dace

(deɪs)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) dace, (esp. for kinds or species) dac•es.

1. a small, stout European cyprinid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus.

2. any of several North American minnows.

[1400–50; late Middle English darce, darse < Old French dars < Late Latin darsus]

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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

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Hasel

cavedano

dace

[deɪs] N (dace or daces (pl)) → albur m

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dace

[ˈdeɪs] n (= fish) → vandoise f

dace

n pl <-> → Weißfisch m

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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.

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The river abounds in pike, roach, dace, gudgeon, and eels, just here; and you can sit and fish for them all day.

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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.