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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dace, Leuciscus leuciscusnoun

    small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body

GCIDE

  1. Dacenoun

    A small European cyprinoid fish (Leuciscus leuciscus, formerly Squalius leuciscus or Leuciscus vulgaris); -- called also dare.

Wiktionary

  1. dacenoun

    The shoal-forming fish Leuciscus leuciscus common in fast-flowing rivers in England and Wales.

  2. dacenoun

    Any of various related small fish of the family Cyprinidae that live in freshwater and are native to North America.

  3. Etymology: From dars, nominative form of dart. For a similar loss of R compare bass#Etymology 2.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Dacenoun

    in most provinces called dare. A small river fish, resembling a roach, but less.

    Etymology: of uncertain derivation:

    Let me live harmlessly, and near the brink
    Of Trent or Avon have a dwelling-place;
    Where I may see my quill or cork down sink,
    With eager bite of pearch, or bleak, or dace. Izaak Walton, Angl.

Wikipedia

  1. Dace

    A dace is a small fish that can be one of many different species. The unmodified name is usually a reference to the common dace (Leuciscus leuciscus). This, like most fish called "daces", belongs to the family Cyprinidae, mostly in subfamily Leuciscinae.

ChatGPT

  1. dace

    A dace is a small freshwater fish that is part of the minnow family. They are typically found in fast flowing streams and rivers. There are various species of dace, commonly found in Europe, North America and Asia.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dacenoun

    a small European cyprinoid fish (Squalius leuciscus or Leuciscus vulgaris); -- called also dare

  2. 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.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Dace

    dās, Dare, dār, Dart, därt, n. a small river fish of the carp family, and of the same genus as the roach, chub, minnow, &c. [M. E. darce—O. Fr. dars—Low L. dardus, a dart or javelin—of Teut. origin. So called from its quickness.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. DACE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Dace is ranked #30735 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Dace surname appeared 758 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Dace.

    55.6% or 422 total occurrences were White.
    33.5% or 254 total occurrences were Black.
    5.4% or 41 total occurrences were Asian.
    2.5% or 19 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    2.1% or 16 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.7% or 6 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of DACE in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of DACE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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