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Dace
DACE
,Noun.
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Dace
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See also: Dace
English
Noun
dace (plural dace or daces)
- The shoal-forming fish Leuciscus leuciscus common in fast-flowing rivers in England and Wales.
- 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part One, Chapter 3,
- Somewhere near at hand, though out of sight, there was a clear, slow-moving stream where dace were swimming in the pools under the willow trees.
- 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part One, Chapter 3,
- (US) Any of various related small fish of the family Cyprinidae that live in freshwater and are native to North America.
Translations
Leuciscus leuciscus