[tench] 
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) tench. | a freshwater food fish, Tinca tinca, of Europe and Asia that can survive short periods out of water. |
| tench (těnch) n. pl. tench or tench·es An edible Eurasian freshwater fish (Tinca tinca) having small scales and two barbels near the mouth. [Middle English tenche, from Old French, from Late Latin tinca, probably of Celtic origin.] |