Luce

//luːs// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 1
    A surname from Italian.
  2. 2
    A township in Spencer County, Indiana, United States.
  3. 3
    An unincorporated community in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States.

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Example

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"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.

Related phrases

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