daces

Variant of dace

dace definition

dace (dās)

noun pl. dace or daces dac′es

any of various small, freshwater cyprinoid fishes (esp. genera Phoxinus and Rhinichthys)

Etymology: ME, dial. form (with -r- loss as in bass) of dars < OFr dars < VL darsus, of Gaul orig.

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