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Coregonus Artedi
(gcide) | Cisco \Cis"co\, n. (Zool.)
The Lake herring (Coregonus Artedi), valuable food fish of
the Great Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to
Coregonus Hoyi, a related species of Lake Michigan.
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Coregonus Artedii
(gcide) | Lake \Lake\, n. [AS. lac, L. lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea,
Icel. l["o]gr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. la`kkos pond, tank. Cf.
Loch, Lough.]
A large body of water contained in a depression of the
earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or
less extended area.
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Note: Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt
lakes, like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually
no outlet to the ocean.
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Lake dwellers (Ethnol.), people of a prehistoric race, or
races, which inhabited different parts of Europe. Their
dwellings were built on piles in lakes, a short distance
from the shore. Their relics are common in the lakes of
Switzerland.
Lake dwellings (Archaeol.), dwellings built over a lake,
sometimes on piles, and sometimes on rude foundations kept
in place by piles; specifically, such dwellings of
prehistoric times. Lake dwellings are still used by many
savage tribes. Called also lacustrine dwellings. See
Crannog.
Lake fly (Zool.), any one of numerous species of dipterous
flies of the genus Chironomus. In form they resemble
mosquitoes, but they do not bite. The larvae live in
lakes.
Lake herring (Zool.), the cisco (Coregonus Artedii).
Lake poets, Lake school, a collective name originally
applied in contempt, but now in honor, to Southey,
Coleridge, and Wordsworth, who lived in the lake country
of Cumberland, England, Lamb and a few others were classed
with these by hostile critics. Called also lakers and
lakists.
Lake sturgeon (Zool.), a sturgeon (Acipenser rubicundus),
of moderate size, found in the Great Lakes and the
Mississippi River. It is used as food.
Lake trout (Zool.), any one of several species of trout and
salmon; in Europe, esp. Salmo fario; in the United
States, esp. Salvelinus namaycush of the Great Lakes,
and of various lakes in New York, Eastern Maine, and
Canada. A large variety of brook trout ({Salvelinus
fontinalis}), inhabiting many lakes in New England, is
also called lake trout. See Namaycush.
Lake whitefish. (Zool.) See Whitefish.
Lake whiting (Zool.), an American whitefish ({Coregonus
Labradoricus}), found in many lakes in the Northern United
States and Canada. It is more slender than the common
whitefish.
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Coregonus clupeiformis
(gcide) | Whitefish \White"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of Coregonus, a genus of
excellent food fishes allied to the salmons. They inhabit
the lakes of the colder parts of North America, Asia, and
Europe. The largest and most important American species
(Coregonus clupeiformis) is abundant in the Great
Lakes, and in other lakes farther north. Called also
lake whitefish, and Oswego bass.
(b) The menhaden.
(c) The beluga, or white whale.
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Note: Various other fishes are locally called whitefish, as
the silver salmon, the whiting
(a), the yellowtail, and the young of the bluefish
(Pomatomus saltatrix).
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Coregonus clupeoides
(gcide) | Powan \Pow"an\, Powen \Pow"en\, n. (Zool.)
A small British lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeoides, or
Coregonus ferus); -- called also gwyniad and {lake
herring}.
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Coregonus ferus
(gcide) | Gwiniad \Gwin"i*ad\ (gw[i^]n"[i^]*[a^]d), n. [W. gwyniad a
whiting, the name of various fishes, fr. gwyn white.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A fish (Coregonus ferus) of North Wales and Northern
Europe, allied to the lake whitefish; -- called also powan,
and schelly. [Written also gwyniad, guiniad,
gurniad.]
[1913 Webster]Powan \Pow"an\, Powen \Pow"en\, n. (Zool.)
A small British lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeoides, or
Coregonus ferus); -- called also gwyniad and {lake
herring}.
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Coregonus Hoyi
(gcide) | Cisco \Cis"co\, n. (Zool.)
The Lake herring (Coregonus Artedi), valuable food fish of
the Great Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to
Coregonus Hoyi, a related species of Lake Michigan.
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Coregonus Labradoricus
(gcide) | Lake \Lake\, n. [AS. lac, L. lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea,
Icel. l["o]gr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. la`kkos pond, tank. Cf.
Loch, Lough.]
A large body of water contained in a depression of the
earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or
less extended area.
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Note: Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt
lakes, like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually
no outlet to the ocean.
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Lake dwellers (Ethnol.), people of a prehistoric race, or
races, which inhabited different parts of Europe. Their
dwellings were built on piles in lakes, a short distance
from the shore. Their relics are common in the lakes of
Switzerland.
Lake dwellings (Archaeol.), dwellings built over a lake,
sometimes on piles, and sometimes on rude foundations kept
in place by piles; specifically, such dwellings of
prehistoric times. Lake dwellings are still used by many
savage tribes. Called also lacustrine dwellings. See
Crannog.
Lake fly (Zool.), any one of numerous species of dipterous
flies of the genus Chironomus. In form they resemble
mosquitoes, but they do not bite. The larvae live in
lakes.
Lake herring (Zool.), the cisco (Coregonus Artedii).
Lake poets, Lake school, a collective name originally
applied in contempt, but now in honor, to Southey,
Coleridge, and Wordsworth, who lived in the lake country
of Cumberland, England, Lamb and a few others were classed
with these by hostile critics. Called also lakers and
lakists.
Lake sturgeon (Zool.), a sturgeon (Acipenser rubicundus),
of moderate size, found in the Great Lakes and the
Mississippi River. It is used as food.
Lake trout (Zool.), any one of several species of trout and
salmon; in Europe, esp. Salmo fario; in the United
States, esp. Salvelinus namaycush of the Great Lakes,
and of various lakes in New York, Eastern Maine, and
Canada. A large variety of brook trout ({Salvelinus
fontinalis}), inhabiting many lakes in New England, is
also called lake trout. See Namaycush.
Lake whitefish. (Zool.) See Whitefish.
Lake whiting (Zool.), an American whitefish ({Coregonus
Labradoricus}), found in many lakes in the Northern United
States and Canada. It is more slender than the common
whitefish.
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Coregonus laveretus
(gcide) | Lavaret \Lav"a*ret\, n. [F.] (Zool.)
A European whitefish (Coregonus laveretus), found in the
mountain lakes of Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland.
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Coregonus nigripinnis
(gcide) | Bluefin \Blue"fin`\, n. (Zool.)
A species of whitefish (Coregonus nigripinnis) found in
Lake Michigan.
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Coregonus pollan
(gcide) | Pollan \Pol"lan\, n. [Cf. Gael. pollag a kind of fish.] (Zool.)
A lake whitefish (Coregonus pollan), native of Ireland. In
appearance it resembles a herring.
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Coregonus quadrilateralis
(gcide) | Roundfish \Round"fish\, n. (Zool.)
(a) Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders,
sole, halibut, and other flatfishes.
(b) A lake whitefish (Coregonus quadrilateralis), less
compressed than the common species. It is very
abundant in British America and Alaska.
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Coregonus tullibee
(gcide) | Tullibee \Tul"li*bee\, n. (Zool.)
A whitefish (Coregonus tullibee) found in the Great Lakes
of North America; -- called also mongrel whitefish.
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Coregonus Vandesius
(gcide) | Vendace \Ven"dace\, n. (Zool.)
A European lake whitefish (Coregonus Willughbii, or
Coregonus Vandesius) native of certain lakes in Scotland
and England. It is regarded as a delicate food fish. Called
also vendis.
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Coregonus Willughbii
(gcide) | Vendace \Ven"dace\, n. (Zool.)
A European lake whitefish (Coregonus Willughbii, or
Coregonus Vandesius) native of certain lakes in Scotland
and England. It is regarded as a delicate food fish. Called
also vendis.
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coregonus
(wn) | Coregonus
n 1: type genus of the Coregonidae: whitefishes [syn:
Coregonus, genus Coregonus] |
coregonus artedi
(wn) | Coregonus artedi
n 1: important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America
[syn: cisco, lake herring, Coregonus artedi] |
coregonus clupeaformis
(wn) | Coregonus clupeaformis
n 1: found in the Great Lakes and north to Alaska [syn: {lake
whitefish}, Coregonus clupeaformis] |
genus coregonus
(wn) | genus Coregonus
n 1: type genus of the Coregonidae: whitefishes [syn:
Coregonus, genus Coregonus] |
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