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roachAny freshwater fish of the Eurasian genus Rutilus, of the carp family, especially R. rutilus of northern Europe. It is dark green above, whitish below, with reddish lower fins; it grows to 35 cm/1.2 ft. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| To suppose that Wakem had the same sort of inveterate hatred toward Tulliver that Tulliver had toward him would be like supposing that a pike and a roach can look at each other from a similar point of view. The river abounds in pike, roach, dace, gudgeon, and eels, just here; and you can sit and fish for them all day. The river Avon at Rugby is a slow and not very clear stream, in which chub, dace, roach, and other coarse fish are (or were) plentiful enough, together with a fair sprinkling of small jack, but no fish worth sixpence either for sport or food. |
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