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Word entry · 4 letters

dace

Best crossword clue

"small freshwater fish"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /deɪs/Part of speech nounSorted acdeStarts with DEnds with E2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

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

Word origin

Old variant of earlier darse, from Late Middle English darse (also as dace already), from Old French darz, oblique plural form of dart (“spear; javelin”).

Used in a sentence

  • Somewhere 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.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01small freshwater fish4 letters
02Small river swimmer4 letters

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