dace
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Definition of dace
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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A shoal-forming fish of species Leuciscus leuciscus, common to swift rivers in England and Wales and in Europe.
“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.”
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noun
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A shoal-forming fish of species Leuciscus leuciscus, common to swift rivers in England and Wales and in Europe.
“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.”
- (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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Etymology
Old variant of earlier darse, from Late Middle English darse (also as dace already), from Old French darz, oblique plural form of dart (“spear; javelin”). For a similar loss of r, compare bass, while for the pronunciation with /eɪ/, see scarce.
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