dace Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body
    Leuciscus leuciscus.

WordNet

Dace noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A small European cyprinoid fish (Squalius leuciscus or Leuciscus vulgaris); -- called also dare. ✍ 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.

Webster 1913