TENCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tench mean? 

• TENCH (noun)
  The noun TENCH has 1 sense:

1. freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water

  Familiarity information: TENCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TENCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

tench; Tinca tinca

Hypernyms ("tench" is a kind of...):

cyprinid; cyprinid fish (soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales)

Holonyms ("tench" is a member of...):

genus Tinca; Tinca (tench)