gaspereau Canad.
(ˈgæspərəʊ, gæspəˈrəʊ)
Also gaspereaux, gasperot.
[Canadian F. gaspareau, gasparot.]
= ale-wife2.
| 1703 tr. Lahontan's New Voy. N. Amer. I. 243 Gasperots, a small Fish like a Herring. 1890 in Webster. 1912 Sea Fisheries E. Canada (Commission of Conservation) 105 The gaspereaux..is mostly used as a bait fish. 1938 Nature 5 Mar. 421/1 The gaspereau (Pomolobus pseudoharengus) spawns in the spring. |