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Th TENCH 
I S, in Iéhyology, the Englifh name of the Tinca of the modern - 
authors; but, according to the Artedian and Linnzan fyftem, 
a fpecies of the Cyprinus. It is diftinguifhed by Artedi by 
the name of the blackifh, mucous, or flimy Cyprinus, 
with the end of the tail even. 
