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n. An edible Eurasian freshwater fish (Tinca tinca) having small scales and two barbels near the mouth.

n. A species of freshwater game fish, Tinca tinca.

adj. excellent performance in a tense situation.

n. A European fresh-water fish (Tinca tinca, or Tinca vulgaris) allied to the carp. It is noted for its tenacity of life.

n. A penitentiary.

n. A cyprinoid fish of Europe, Tinca vulgaris.

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

""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.""

cyprinid fish    cyprinid   

Bench    French    Hench    bench    clench    drench    entrench    french    hench    quench   

dace    barbel    pickerel    carp    sunfish    gudgeon    crappie    whiting    catfish    sea bass