gwyniad

/ ˈɡwɪnɪˌæd /

noun

1. a freshwater white fish, Coregonus pennantii, occurring in Lake Bala in Wales: related to the powan

Word History and Origins

Origin of gwyniad¹

C17: Welsh, from gwyn white, related to Scottish Gaelic fionn; see finnock

Example Sentences

The name gwyniad is a Welsh word, and signifies “shining”; and it is singular that a similar fish in British Columbia, also belonging to the family of Salmonoids, is called by the natives “quinnat,” from the silvery lustre of its scales, the word having in their language the same meaning as the Welsh “gwyniad.”

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There is, however, one objection to this epigram, for the poet talks of trout and the peer of Gwyniad; let us, therefore, hope that in regard to the fair as well as the fish the poet's harsh judgment was equally unsound.

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The salmonoids as a family are freshwater fish, and by far the greater number of kinds—trout, char, whitefish, grayling, pollan, vendace, gwyniad, and so forth—are inhabitants of lakes, steams, ponds, and rivers, only a very small number having taken permanently or temporarily to a marine residence.

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