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Relative of a carp
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dace
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
small, freshwater fish, early 15c., from Old French darz , nominative or plural of dart "dart" (see dart (n.)). So called for its movements. But another theory traces it to a Medieval Latin darsus , said to be of Gaulish origin.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body [syn: Leuciscus leuciscus ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A dace is a small fish that can be one of many different species. The unmodified name is usually a reference to the common dace ( Leuciscus leuciscus ). This, like most fishes called "daces", belongs to the family Cyprinidae , mostly in subfamily Leuciscinae ...
Usage examples of dace.
Stepping back, Dace let the man fall and then walked to Brune, who was groaning and trying to rise.
The men carried the unconscious attacker from the tavern and Dace helped Brune to his feet.
Forin, Dace and the surviving eleven armoured warriors turned and ran back towards the ballistae.
He then caught some blacknose dace minnows and put them in the glass containers.
Two days later, on a thinly overcast day, after they'd had a big lunch of thick rabbit stew with turnips and onions along with bread Cara had made, Richard went off to check the fishing lines and to catch some more of the blacknose dace minnows.
As we stopped at the curb cut before entering the street, LuEllen reached over and touched my hand on the steering wheel, while turning to look at Dace.
He always did catch horned dace and shiners, which he despised, and sometimes he snared a monstrous sucker a foot and a half long.
And that dropped the price of horseflesh, dog, dace and other such iron rations, so that the poorer people of Paris could at least again afford to stave off starvation.
Is there irwell a lord of the manor or a knight of the shire at strike, I wonder, that'd dip me a dace or two in cash for washing and darning his worshipful socks for him now we're run out of horsebrose and milk?
Dace and Maggie dropped into it, moaned for a few seconds, then relaxed, and watched LuEllen and me test the water.