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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body;
[syn: dace, Leuciscus leuciscus]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Graining \Grain"ing\, n. (Zool.) A small European fresh-water fish (Leuciscus vulgaris); -- called also dobule, and dace. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dace \Dace\ (d[=a]s), 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.] (Zool.) A small European cyprinoid fish (Leuciscus leuciscus, formerly Squalius leuciscus or Leuciscus vulgaris); -- called also dare. [1913 Webster +PJC] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dace n 1: small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body [syn: dace, Leuciscus leuciscus]