Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An edible Eurasian freshwater fish (Tinca tinca) having small scales and two barbels near the mouth.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A penitentiary.
- noun A cyprinoid fish of Europe, Tinca vulgaris.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A European fresh-water fish (
Tinca tinca , orTinca vulgaris ) allied to the carp. It is noted for its tenacity of life.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A species of freshwater game fish, Tinca tinca.
- adjective slang excellent performance in a tense situation.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"The tench is a fish that knows how to keep itself safe by a philosophical taste for an obscure existence in deep holes and slush."
Kenelm Chillingly — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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"The tench is a fish that knows how to keep itself safe by a philosophical taste for an obscure existence in deep holes and slush."
Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Similar irresponsibility had already occurred with the introduction of tilapia and tench fish, but the results were incalculably more dramatic with this dark and elusive creature which today reigns in our waters.
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It would've been so much better if Castle wore the classic tench coat.
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The agency boosted fish populations with more than half a million farmed fish, including roach, barbell, tench, dace and chub.
Freshwater wildlife thrives in cleanest rivers since Industrial Revolution 2010
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Similar irresponsibility had already occurred with the introduction of tilapia and tench fish, but the results were incalculably more dramatic with this dark and elusive creature which today reigns in our waters.
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Jovius on the other side, disallowing tench, approves of it; so doth Dubravius in his Books of Fishponds.
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In those fishes in which the sac is somewhat more fleshy, as in the carp, barbel, tench, and others, it bears a wonderful and strong resemblance to the lungs.
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A huge cutter and an undersea tench machine is used to open a 2 m deep and 10 m wide trench
China's "bargaining power" on East China Sea gas field: Very Strong Sun Bin 2005
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Ere from its bed the dusky tench leapt at the dragon-fly.
Collected Poems 2003
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