finnoc
(ˈfɪnək)
Also 8 finnac(k, -eck, -ock, 8–9 phin(n)ock.
[a. Gael. fionnag, f. fionn white.]
‘A white trout, a variety of the Salmo fario’ (Jam.).
| 1771 Pennant Tour Scotl. (1794) 230 Phinocs are taken here in great numbers. 1792 Statist. Acc. Scotl. III. 360 A trout called a finneck..appears in..July and August. 1834 Jardine in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club I. No. 2. 51 This fish I consider to be the Salmo albus of Fleming..the Phinnock of the north and west of Scotland. c 1850 Nat. Encycl. I. 38 The river abounds with trout, finnock, eels. |