† tecon Obs. rare—1.
A fish mentioned by Walton as a kind of salmon: see quots.
| 1653 Walton Angler vi. 141 There is more then one sort of them [salmon], as namely, a Tecon, and another called in some places a Samlet, or by some, a Skegger: but these..may be fish of another kind. 1760 Hawkins Note, There is another small fish,..called the Gravel Last-Spring, found only in the rivers Wye and Severn... Perhaps this is what Walton calls the Tecon. 1853 ‘Ephemera’ Note ibid., All the fish named, except the gravel-last-spring, are salmon-fry of different ages, from three or four months to twelve. Walton's ‘tecon’ may be the parr. |