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English Dictionary: dace by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dace
n
  1. small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body
    Synonym(s): dace, Leuciscus leuciscus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dace \Dace\, n. [Written also dare, dart, fr. F. dard dase,
      dart, of German origin. Dace is for an older darce, fr. an
      OF. nom. darz. See {Dart} a javelin.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A small European cyprinoid fish ({Squalius leuciscus} or
      {Leuciscus vulgaris}); -- called also {dare}.
  
      Note: In America the name is given to several related fishes
               of the genera {Squalius}, {Minnilus}, etc. The
               black-nosed dace is {Rhinichthys atronasus} the horned
               dace is {Semotilus corporalis}. For red dace, see
               {Redfin}.
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