tench

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a robust freshwater fish, Tinca tinca, native to Europe and western Asia and widely introduced elsewhere

   The male tench becomes more vividly colored during the breeding season.

From Middle English tenche, through Old French tenche from Late Latin tinca, the ancient name of this freshwater fish. The scientific binomial Tinca tinca preserves the same Latin word.

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