HyperDic: tench

English > 1 sense of the word *tench*:
NOUN	animal	tench, Tinca tinca	freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water

tench > pronunciation
Sounds	teh'nch
Rhymes	bench / Bench ... wrench: 12 rhymes with ehnch...

English > *tench*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water.
Synonym	Tinca tinca
Member of	Tinca, genus Tinca	tench
Broader	cyprinid, cyprinid fish	soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales
Spanish	tenca, tinca tinca
Catalan	tenca, tinca tinca, Tinca tinca