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Noun: tench  tench
  1. Freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water
    "Tench can survive in poorly oxygenated waters";
    - Tinca tinca

Derived forms: tenches

Type of: cyprinid, cyprinid fish

Part of: genus Tinca, Tinca

Encyclopedia: Tench, Thomas