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noun
A shoal-forming fish of species Leuciscus leuciscus, common to swift rivers in England and Wales and in Europe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any of various related small fish of the family Cyprinidae that live in freshwater and are native to North America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Leuciscus leuciscus
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Broader terms: cyprinid, cyprinid fish
History
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.
Across languages
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