tench
/tɛn(t)ʃ
/noun (plural same)
A European freshwater fish of the carp family, popular with anglers and widely introduced elsewhere.
- Tinca tinca, family Cyprinidae.
- Across the way on Acorn Lakes, carp, skimmers, tench and crucians can be found.
- The club has a lake stocked with fish such as perch, roach, tench, rudd, carp and pike.
Origin
Middle English: from Old French tenche, from late Latin tinca.