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whitefish
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whitefish
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Silver \Sil"ver\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver
leaf; a silver cup.
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2. Resembling silver. Specifically:
(a) Bright; resplendent; white. "Silver hair." --Shak.
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Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed
Their downy breast. --Milton.
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(b) Precious; costly.
(c) Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear. "Silver
voices." --Spenser.
(d) Sweet; gentle; peaceful. "Silver slumber." --Spenser.
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American silver fir (Bot.), the balsam fir. See under
Balsam.

Silver age (Roman Lit.), the latter part (a. d. 14-180) of
the classical period of Latinity, -- the time of writers
of inferior purity of language, as compared with those of
the previous golden age, so-called.

Silver-bell tree (Bot.), an American shrub or small tree
(Halesia tetraptera) with white bell-shaped flowers in
clusters or racemes; the snowdrop tree.

Silver bush (Bot.), a shrubby leguminous plant ({Anthyllis
Barba-Jovis}) of Southern Europe, having silvery foliage.


Silver chub (Zool.), the fallfish.

Silver eel. (Zool.)
(a) The cutlass fish.
(b) A pale variety of the common eel.

Silver fir (Bot.), a coniferous tree (Abies pectinata)
found in mountainous districts in the middle and south of
Europe, where it often grows to the height of 100 or 150
feet. It yields Burgundy pitch and Strasburg turpentine.


Silver foil, foil made of silver.

Silver fox (Zool.), a variety of the common fox ({Vulpes
vulpes}, variety argenteus) found in the northern parts of
Asia, Europe, and America. Its fur is nearly black, with
silvery tips, and is highly valued. Called also {black
fox}, and silver-gray fox.

Silver gar. (Zool.) See Billfish
(a) .

Silver grain (Bot.), the lines or narrow plates of cellular
tissue which pass from the pith to the bark of an
exogenous stem; the medullary rays. In the wood of the oak
they are much larger than in that of the beech, maple,
pine, cherry, etc.

Silver grebe (Zool.), the red-throated diver. See Illust.
under Diver.

Silver hake (Zool.), the American whiting.

Silver leaf, leaves or sheets made of silver beaten very
thin.

Silver lunge (Zool.), the namaycush.

Silver moonfish.(Zool.) See Moonfish
(b) .

Silver moth (Zool.), a lepisma.

Silver owl (Zool.), the barn owl.

Silver perch (Zool.), the mademoiselle, 2.

Silver pheasant (Zool.), any one of several species of
beautiful crested and long-tailed Asiatic pheasants, of
the genus Euplocamus. They have the tail and more or
less of the upper parts silvery white. The most common
species (Euplocamus nychtemerus) is native of China.

Silver plate,
(a) domestic utensils made of a base metal coated with
silver.
(b) a plating of silver on a base metal.

Silver plover (Zool.), the knot.

Silver salmon (Zool.), a salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
native of both coasts of the North Pacific. It ascends all
the American rivers as far south as the Sacramento. Called
also kisutch, whitefish, and white salmon.

Silver shell (Zool.), a marine bivalve of the genus Anomia.
See Anomia.

Silver steel, an alloy of steel with a very small
proportion of silver.

Silver stick, a title given to the title field officer of
the Life Guards when on duty at the palace. [Eng.]
--Thackeray.

Silver tree (Bot.), a South African tree ({Leucadendron
argenteum}) with long, silvery, silky leaves.

Silver trout, (Zool.) See Trout.

Silver wedding. See under Wedding.

Silver whiting (Zool.), a marine sciaenoid food fish
(Menticirrus littoralis) native of the Southern United
States; -- called also surf whiting.

Silver witch (Zool.), A lepisma.
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whitefish
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menhaden \men*ha"den\, n. (Zool.)
An American marine fish (Brevoortia tyrannus) of the
Herring family (Clupeidae), chiefly valuable for its oil
and as a component of fertilizers; -- called also
mossbunker, bony fish, chebog, pogy, hardhead,
whitefish, etc.
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Whitefish
(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.
[1913 Webster]

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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whitefish
(wn)
whitefish
n 1: any market fish--edible saltwater fish or shellfish--except
herring
2: flesh of salmon-like or trout-like cold-water fish of cold
lakes of the northern hemisphere
3: silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of
the northern hemisphere
podobné slovodefinícia
lake whitefish
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lake whitefish, n:
round whitefish
(encz)
round whitefish, n:
Lake whitefish
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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.
[1913 Webster]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.
[1913 Webster]

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).
[1913 Webster]
lake whitefish
(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.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]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.
[1913 Webster]

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).
[1913 Webster]
mongrel whitefish
(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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Whitefish
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Silver \Sil"ver\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver
leaf; a silver cup.
[1913 Webster]

2. Resembling silver. Specifically:
(a) Bright; resplendent; white. "Silver hair." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed
Their downy breast. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
(b) Precious; costly.
(c) Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear. "Silver
voices." --Spenser.
(d) Sweet; gentle; peaceful. "Silver slumber." --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]

American silver fir (Bot.), the balsam fir. See under
Balsam.

Silver age (Roman Lit.), the latter part (a. d. 14-180) of
the classical period of Latinity, -- the time of writers
of inferior purity of language, as compared with those of
the previous golden age, so-called.

Silver-bell tree (Bot.), an American shrub or small tree
(Halesia tetraptera) with white bell-shaped flowers in
clusters or racemes; the snowdrop tree.

Silver bush (Bot.), a shrubby leguminous plant ({Anthyllis
Barba-Jovis}) of Southern Europe, having silvery foliage.


Silver chub (Zool.), the fallfish.

Silver eel. (Zool.)
(a) The cutlass fish.
(b) A pale variety of the common eel.

Silver fir (Bot.), a coniferous tree (Abies pectinata)
found in mountainous districts in the middle and south of
Europe, where it often grows to the height of 100 or 150
feet. It yields Burgundy pitch and Strasburg turpentine.


Silver foil, foil made of silver.

Silver fox (Zool.), a variety of the common fox ({Vulpes
vulpes}, variety argenteus) found in the northern parts of
Asia, Europe, and America. Its fur is nearly black, with
silvery tips, and is highly valued. Called also {black
fox}, and silver-gray fox.

Silver gar. (Zool.) See Billfish
(a) .

Silver grain (Bot.), the lines or narrow plates of cellular
tissue which pass from the pith to the bark of an
exogenous stem; the medullary rays. In the wood of the oak
they are much larger than in that of the beech, maple,
pine, cherry, etc.

Silver grebe (Zool.), the red-throated diver. See Illust.
under Diver.

Silver hake (Zool.), the American whiting.

Silver leaf, leaves or sheets made of silver beaten very
thin.

Silver lunge (Zool.), the namaycush.

Silver moonfish.(Zool.) See Moonfish
(b) .

Silver moth (Zool.), a lepisma.

Silver owl (Zool.), the barn owl.

Silver perch (Zool.), the mademoiselle, 2.

Silver pheasant (Zool.), any one of several species of
beautiful crested and long-tailed Asiatic pheasants, of
the genus Euplocamus. They have the tail and more or
less of the upper parts silvery white. The most common
species (Euplocamus nychtemerus) is native of China.

Silver plate,
(a) domestic utensils made of a base metal coated with
silver.
(b) a plating of silver on a base metal.

Silver plover (Zool.), the knot.

Silver salmon (Zool.), a salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
native of both coasts of the North Pacific. It ascends all
the American rivers as far south as the Sacramento. Called
also kisutch, whitefish, and white salmon.

Silver shell (Zool.), a marine bivalve of the genus Anomia.
See Anomia.

Silver steel, an alloy of steel with a very small
proportion of silver.

Silver stick, a title given to the title field officer of
the Life Guards when on duty at the palace. [Eng.]
--Thackeray.

Silver tree (Bot.), a South African tree ({Leucadendron
argenteum}) with long, silvery, silky leaves.

Silver trout, (Zool.) See Trout.

Silver wedding. See under Wedding.

Silver whiting (Zool.), a marine sciaenoid food fish
(Menticirrus littoralis) native of the Southern United
States; -- called also surf whiting.

Silver witch (Zool.), A lepisma.
[1913 Webster]menhaden \men*ha"den\, n. (Zool.)
An American marine fish (Brevoortia tyrannus) of the
Herring family (Clupeidae), chiefly valuable for its oil
and as a component of fertilizers; -- called also
mossbunker, bony fish, chebog, pogy, hardhead,
whitefish, etc.
[1913 Webster]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.
[1913 Webster]

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).
[1913 Webster]
lake whitefish
(wn)
lake whitefish
n 1: found in the Great Lakes and north to Alaska [syn: {lake
whitefish}, Coregonus clupeaformis]
menominee whitefish
(wn)
Menominee whitefish
n 1: a whitefish with a bronze back; of northern North America
and Siberia [syn: round whitefish, Menominee whitefish,
Prosopium cylindraceum]
rocky mountain whitefish
(wn)
Rocky Mountain whitefish
n 1: whitefish of the western United States and Canada [syn:
Rocky Mountain whitefish, Prosopium williamsonii]
round whitefish
(wn)
round whitefish
n 1: a whitefish with a bronze back; of northern North America
and Siberia [syn: round whitefish, Menominee whitefish,
Prosopium cylindraceum]

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