'Dace' definitions:
Definition of 'dace'
(from WordNet)
noun
Small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body [syn: dace, Leuciscus leuciscus]
Definition of 'Dace'
From: GCIDE
- Dace \Dace\ (d[=a]s), n. [Written also dare, dart, fr. F. dard dase, dart, of German origin. Dace is for an older darce, fr. an OF. nom. darz. See Dart a javelin.] (Zool.) A small European cyprinoid fish (Leuciscus leuciscus, formerly Squalius leuciscus or Leuciscus vulgaris); -- called also dare. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- Note: In America the name is given to several related fishes of the genera Squalius, Minnilus, etc. The black-nosed dace is Rhinichthys atronasus the horned dace is Semotilus corporalis. For red dace, see Redfin. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'dace'
From: GCIDE
- Graining \Grain"ing\, n. (Zool.) A small European fresh-water fish (Leuciscus vulgaris); -- called also dobule, and dace. [1913 Webster]