vendaces

Variant of vendace

vendace definition

ven·dace (ven′dās′)

noun pl. vendace -·dace′ or vendaces -·dac′es

any of various European whitefishes (genus Coregonus) of the lakes of England and Scotland

Etymology: OFr vandoise, dace < Gaul *vindisia < *vindos, white; akin to Welsh gwynn

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