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Gwyniad definition

A freshwater fish native to Bala Lake in Wales.
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Alternative Form of gwyniad - guiniad, gwiniad

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Singular:
gwyniad
Plural:
gwyniads

Origin of gwyniad

  • Welsh gwyniad, from gwyn (“white”).

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Gwyniad Sentence Examples

  • Fish taken in the lakes include perch, pike, char and trout in Windermere, Ennerdale, Bassenthwaite, Derwentwater, &c., and the gwyniad or fresh-water herring in Ullswater.

  • The rivers and lakes are generally well stocked with fish, such as salmon, trout of various species, gwyniad and vendace (especially in the north), pike, eels, perch of various species, turbot, bream and roach.

  • The gwyniad (Caregonus) is peculiar to certain waters, as those of Bala Lake, and is fully described by Thomas Pennant in his Zoology (1776).

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