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tench

(tĕnch)

n. pl. tench or tench·es

An edible Eurasian freshwater fish (Tinca tinca) having small scales and two barbels near the mouth.

[Middle English tenche, from Old French, from Late Latin tinca, probably of Celtic origin.]

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tench

(tɛntʃ)

(Animals) a European freshwater cyprinid game fish, Tinca tinca, having a thickset dark greenish body with a barbel at each side of the mouth

[C14: from Old French tenche, from Late Latin tinca]

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tench

(tɛntʃ)

n., pl. tench•es, (esp. collectively) tench.

a Eurasian freshwater food fish, Tinca tinca, that can survive short periods out of water.

[1350–1400; Middle English tenche < Middle French, Old French < Late Latin tinca]

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Noun

tench - freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water

Tinca tinca

cyprinid, cyprinid fish - soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales

genus Tinca, Tinca - tench

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tanche

tinca

tench

[tentʃ] N (pl inv) → tenca f

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