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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DACE, n. A fish, the Cyprinus leuciscus; a small river fish, resembling the roach.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body [syn: dace, Leuciscus leuciscus]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural dace) Etymology: Middle English dace, darce, from Anglo-French dars, from Medieval Latin darsus Date: 15th century 1. a small freshwater European cyprinid fish (Leuciscus leuciscus) 2. any of various small North American freshwater cyprinid fishes

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. same) any small freshwater fish, esp. of the genus Leuciscus, related to the carp. Etymology: OF dars: see DART

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dace Dace, 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.] (Zo["o]l.) A small European cyprinoid fish (Squalius leuciscus or Leuciscus vulgaris); -- called also dare. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(dace) A dace is a type of fish that lives in rivers and lakes. N-VAR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Dar, dare, dart (Leuciscus vulgaris).

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Two pence. Tip me a dace; lend me two pence. Cant.