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 The History of Pendennis 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 A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy by William Makepeace Thackeray
