dace

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /deɪs/

Noun

dace (plural dace)

1. The shoal-forming fish Leuciscus leuciscus common in fast-flowing rivers in England and Wales and in Europe.
   • 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part One, Chapter 3,

     Somewhere near at hand, though out of sight, there was a clear, slow-moving stream where dace were swimming in the pools under the willow trees.

2. (US) Any of various related small fish of the family Cyprinidae that live in freshwater and are native to North America.

Synonyms

• dare, dart

Translations

• French: vandoise
• German: Hasel
• Portuguese: pardelha
• Russian: еле́ц
• Spanish: albur

Translations

• Russian: плотва́

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