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单词 vendace
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ven•dace  (vendis, -dās),USA pronunciation n., pl. -dac•es, (esp. collectively) -dace. 
  1. Fisha whitefish, Coregonus vandesius, inhabiting lakes in Scotland and England.
  • Gallo Romance *vindisia, probably derivative of Celtic *wind- white, bright; compare Old Irish find, Welsh gwyn); perh. conflated with a local Scots word (compare the variant gevenaces)
  • French vandoise, Old French vendoise any of various cyprinid fish (
  • origin, originally Scots, apparently 1690–1700

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
vendace /ˈvɛndeɪs/ n ( pl -daces, -dace)
  1. either of two small whitefish, Coregonus vandesius (Lochmaben vendace) or C. gracilior (Cumberland vendace), occurring in lakes in Scotland and NW England respectively
Etymology: 18th Century: from New Latin vandēsius, from Old French vandoise, probably of Celtic origin
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