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单词 vendace
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vendace

[ ven-dis, -deys ]
/ ˈvɛn dɪs, -deɪs /

noun, plural ven·dac·es, (especially collectively) ven·dace.

a whitefish, Coregonus vandesius, inhabiting lakes in Scotland and England.

Origin of vendace

1690–1700; originally Scots, apparently <French vandoise,Old French vendoise any of various cyprinid fish (<Gallo-Romance *vindisia, probably derivative of Celtic *wind- white, bright; compare Old Irish find,Welsh gwyn); perhaps conflated with a local Scots word (compare the variant gevenaces)

Words nearby vendace

venality, venatic, venation, vend, Venda, vendace, Vendean, vendee, Vendémiaire, vender, vendetta
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Example sentences from the Web for vendace

  • Nothing is ever found visible to the naked eye in the stomach of the Vendace.

    Notes and Queries, Number 77, April 19, 1851|Various

British Dictionary definitions for vendace

vendace
/ (ˈvɛndeɪs) /

noun plural -daces or -dace

either of two small whitefish, Coregonus vandesius (Lochmaben vendace) or C. gracilior (Cumberland vendace), occurring in lakes in Scotland and NW England respectivelySee also powan

Word Origin for vendace

C18: from New Latin vandēsius, from Old French vandoise, probably of Celtic origin
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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