Dace definition

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Any of various small freshwater fishes of the family Cyprinidae, especially Leuciscus leuciscus of Eurasia.
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The shoal-forming fish Leuciscus leuciscus common in fast-flowing rivers in England and Wales.
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(US) Any of various related small fish of the family Cyprinidae that live in freshwater and are native to North America.
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Any of various small, freshwater cyprinoid fishes (esp. genera Phoxinus and Rhinichthys)
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Noun

Singular:
dace
Plural:
daces

Origin of dace

  • Middle English dace, darce from Old French dars from Late Latin darsus possibly of Celtic origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French dars, nominative form of dart (“dace”). For a similar loss of R compare bass.

    From Wiktionary

Dace Sentence Examples

  • The first is on what are described as free risers which include dace, rudd and chub.

  • These include the giant stickleback, the speckled dace, the white sturgeon and the green sturgeon.

  • However in catching 6 dace with a combined weight of 5lb 4oz I hope he excused me my excitement!

  • In America the name of dace is also applied to members of other genera of the family; the "horned dace" (Semnotilus atromaculatus) is a well-known variety.

  • A small stickleback kept in an aquarium devoured, in five hours' time, 74 newly-hatched dace, which were about a quarter of an inch long.

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