vendace
[ ven-dis, -deys ]
/ ˈvɛn dɪs, -deɪs /
noun, plural ven·dac·es, (especially collectively) ven·dace.
a whitefish, Coregonus vandesius, inhabiting lakes in Scotland and England.
Origin of vendace
1690–1700; orig. Scots, apparently < French
vandoise, Old French
vendoise any of various cyprinid fish (< Gallo-Romance
*vindisia, probably derivative of Celtic
*wind- white, bright; compare Old Irish
find, Welsh
gwyn); perhaps conflated with a local Scots word (compare the variant
gevenaces)
Words nearby vendace
Example sentences from the Web for vendace
Nothing is ever found visible to the naked eye in the stomach of the Vendace.
British Dictionary definitions for vendace
vendace
/ (ˈvɛndeɪs) /
noun plural -daces or -dace
either of two small whitefish, Coregonus vandesius (Lochmaben vendace) or C. gracilior (Cumberland vendace), occurring in lakes in Scotland and NW England respectively
See also powan
Word Origin for vendace
C18: from New Latin
vandēsius, from Old French
vandoise, probably of Celtic origin