Dace
Pronunciation
- IPA: /deɪs/
- Rhymes: -eɪs
Origin
From Old French dars, nominative form of dart ("dace"). For a similar loss of R compare bass.
Full definition of dace
Noun
- The shoal-forming fish common in fast-flowing rivers in England and Wales.
- 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, p28Somewhere near at hand, though out of sight, there was a clear, slow-moving stream where dace were swimming in the pools under the willow trees.
- (US) Any of various related small fish of the family Cyprinidae that live in freshwater and are native to North America.