DACES

Noun

daces

plural of dace

Anagrams

• cades, cased, ecads

Source: Wiktionary


DACE

Dace, n. Etym: [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.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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