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tench
(tench)
Pronunciation:
/tɛn(t)ʃ/
noun
(
plural
)
a European freshwater fish of the carp family, popular with anglers and widely introduced elsewhere.
Tinca tinca
, family
Cyprinidae
Origin:
Middle English
: from Old French
tenche
, from late Latin
tinca
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