dace

[ deys ]

noun,plural (especially collectively) dace, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) dac·es.

a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
any of several similar or related fishes of the U.S.

Origin of dace

1400–50; late Middle English darce, darse<Old French dars<Late Latin darsus

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How to use dace in a sentence

Its representatives lived in hot-blooded times, and were compelled to skulk in still water with their emblematic daces.
Kenelm Chillingly, Complete | Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Tel est cet ancien pays des Daces, conquis par Trajan au premier sicle de l're chrtienne.
Le chteau des Carpathes | Jules Verne
Les descendants des anciens Daces furent vaincus, et leur territoire chut en partage aux vainqueurs.
Le chteau des Carpathes | Jules Verne
Thinkest thou that Daces can escape the net that has meshed a Roach?
Kenelm Chillingly, Complete | Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Here, and at Naga not far off, are the remains of the temples of the Can-daces, great buildings of semi-barbaric Egyptian style.
History Of Egypt, Chalda, Syria, Babylonia, And Assyria In The Light Of Recent Discovery | L.W. King and H.R. Hall

British Dictionary definitions for dace

dace

/ (deɪs) /

nounplural dace or daces

a European freshwater cyprinid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, with a slender bluish-green body
any of various similar fishes

Origin of dace

C15: from Old French dars dart, probably referring to its swiftness

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