Dace - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Dace : (noun)

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

Based on WordNet 2.0

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.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)