Luce
/luːs/ name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The pike, Esox lucius, when fully grown.
"As wee hunt after beasts, so Tygers and Lyons hunt after men, and have a like exercise one upon another: Hounds over the Hare; the Pike or Luce over the Tench[…]."
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Italian.
- 2 A township in Spencer County, Indiana, United States.
- 3 An unincorporated community in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States.
Synonyms
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More examples"As wee hunt after beasts, so Tygers and Lyons hunt after men, and have a like exercise one upon another: Hounds over the Hare; the Pike or Luce over the Tench[…]."
Etymology
From Old French lus, luis, from Latin lūcius.