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Tench   /tɛntʃ/   Listen
Tench

noun
1.
Freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water.  Synonym: Tinca tinca.





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"Tench" Quotes from Famous Books



... a Tench? There is ne're a King in Christendome, could be better bit, then I haue beene since ...
— The First Folio [35 Plays] • William Shakespeare
... E. Burne-Jones, Mr. Whistler, Mr. Albert Moore, and many others were present, I recollect how, when we were smoking and drinking coffee in this hall, somebody, excitedly discoursing, stepped unaware right into the fountain. Two large Japanese gold tench, whose somnolent existence was now for the first time made interesting, dashed about looking for an exit, and there was a general noise of splashing and laughter. The dark, apparently fathomless pool was rather a mistake. Mishaps like that just mentioned occurred, ...
— Frederic Lord Leighton - An Illustrated Record of His Life and Work • Ernest Rhys


Words linked to "Tench" :   cyprinid, Tinca, genus Tinca, cyprinid fish


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