tench Hear it!

tench definition

tench (tenc̸h)

noun pl. tenches tench′es or tench

a small, European, freshwater cyprinoid fish (Tinca tinca) now established in North America

Etymology: ME & OFr tenche < LL tinca

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.