Luce

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /luːs/

Origin

From Old French lus, luis, from Latin lūcius.

Full definition of luce

Noun

1. The pike, Esox lucius, when fully grown.
• 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.12:As wee hunt after beasts, so Tygers and Lyons hunt after men, and have a like exercise one upon another: Hounds over the Hare; the Pike or Luce over the Tench ....
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