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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dace n : small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body [syn: {Leuciscus leuciscus}]
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