tench
noun
a freshwater food fish, Tinca tinca, of Europe and Asia that can survive short periods out of water.
tenches
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pluralof tench.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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If he got a bite he was excited enough: and in this way occasionally brought home, carps, tenches, and eels, which the major cooked in the continental fashion.
From A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy by William Makepeace Thackeray
If he got a bite he was excited enough: and in this way occasionally brought home carps, tenches, and eels, which the Major cooked in the Continental fashion.
From The History of Pendennis by William Makepeace Thackeray
