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dace /deɪs /noun (plural same)A small freshwater fish related to the carp, typically living in running water.- Leuciscus and other genera, family Cyprinidae: several species, in particular L. leuciscus of northern Eurasia.
The Foss currently contains a good population of fish including brown trout, dace, chub, roach and barbel, although in places natural habitat is very limited and there are localised problems with silt....- Nine thousand young stickleback, roach, dace, chub and eels died along an 11 km stretch of the beck.
- Most species of river fish will be surveyed including trout, grayling, dace, barbel, chub and pike.
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French dars (see dart). Rhymesabase, ace, apace, backspace, base, bass, brace, case, chase, efface, embrace, encase, enchase, enlace, face, grace, interlace, interspace, in-your-face, lace, mace, misplace, outface, outpace, pace, place, plaice, race, space, Thrace, trace, upper case |