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A genus of fish including dace, chub
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leuciscus
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Leuciscus \Leuciscus\ prop. n. A genus of freshwater fishes including the dace ( Leuciscus leuciscus ). Syn: genus Leuciscus .
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Leuciscus is a genus of fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae . They are inland water fishes commonly called Eurasian daces . The genus is widespread from Europe to Siberia . Species broadly distributed in Europe include the common dace Leuciscus leuciscus ...
Usage examples of leuciscus.
It is glorious to behold this ribbon of water sparkling in the sun, the bare face of the pond full of glee and youth, as if it spoke the joy of the fishes within it, and of the sands on its shore—a silvery sheen as from the scales of a leuciscus, as it were all one active fish.