Plural of dace; multiple small silvery freshwater fish.
Simple plural formation from 'dace' by adding the standard English plural suffix '-es.' The singular form has Old French origins.
When you're fishing and you catch several of these small fish, you have 'daces,' but interestingly, fishermen and naturalists often use the word 'dace' as both singular and plural—a pattern common with many fish names that shows how language reflects what speakers actually do.
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