leuciscus leuciscus

3 definitions found

leuciscus leuciscus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Leuciscus \Leuciscus\ prop. n.
     A genus of freshwater fishes including the dace (Leuciscus leuciscus
     ).
  
     Syn: genus Leuciscus.
          [WordNet 1.5]

  Dace \Dace\ (d[=a]s), n. [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.] (Zool.)
     A small European cyprinoid fish (Leuciscus leuciscus,
     formerly Squalius leuciscus or Leuciscus vulgaris); --
     called also dare.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     Note: In America the name is given to several related fishes
           of the genera Squalius, Minnilus, etc. The
           black-nosed dace is Rhinichthys atronasus the horned
           dace is Semotilus corporalis. For red dace, see
           Redfin.
           [1913 Webster]

leuciscus leuciscus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Leuciscus leuciscus
      n 1: small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green
           body [syn: dace, Leuciscus leuciscus]