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gwyniad
gwyniad (ˈgwɪnɪæd) Forms: 7 guinead, 7–9 guiniad, (8 guinniad, 9 gwynniad), 8–9 gwiniad, 9 gwinead, 8– gywniad. [a. Welsh gwyniad, f. gwyn white.] A fish of the salmon or trout kind (Coregonus Pennantii) with white flesh, found in lakes, esp. in Bala lake on the Dee.1611 Speed Theat. Gt. Brit. (1614...
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Gwyniad
The gwyniad (Coregonus pennantii) is a freshwater whitefish native to Bala Lake () in northern Wales. review in 2012 was unable to find any solid evidence for recognizing the gwyniad as a separate species.
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Schelly
populations are usually considered as members of the widespread Eurasian whitefish species Coregonus lavaretus, or common whitefish, as with the Welsh gwyniad
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Coregonus lavaretus
superspecies, it encompasses many of the whitefish populations suggested by others to be locally restricted species (such as the British powan and the gwyniad
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Powan
Currently the Scottish powan, along with the Welsh gwyniad known from a single lake, and four similar populations in England known as schelly, are generally
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skelly
▪ I. ˈskelly, n.1 Sc. rare. [Of doubtful origin: cf. Irish sceilg reef, rock.] A rock, a skerry.1513 Douglas æneid v. iv. 89 On the scherp skelleis, to hir wanhap, [she] Smat with sic fard the airis in flenderis lap. 1819 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 102 The storm that dang him frae the deep, ...
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Bala, Gwynedd
The rare Gwyniad fish—trapped in the lake at the end of the last ice age, some 10,000 years ago—is in danger because its natural home is increasingly unsuitable
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pollan
pollan (ˈpɒlən) Also 8 pullein, 8–9 pollen. [Cf. Gael. pollag, Ir. pollóg, pullóg, ? f. Ir. poll inland lake + -óg (-ag), -an, Celt. deriv. formatives.] A species of fresh-water fish, Coregonus pollan, found in the inland loughs of Ireland (L. Neagh, Earne, Derg, Corrib, etc.). It belongs to the sam...
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Llyn Arenig Fawr
Eggs of the gwyniad, a freshwater fish previously restricted to nearby Bala Lake, were introduced to Llyn Arenig Fawr between 2003 and 2007
as a conservation
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vendace
vendace (ˈvɛndɪs) Also 8 vangis, 9 vendis, vendise. [app. ad. OF. vendese, vendoise (mod.F. vandoise) dace.] a. A species of small freshwater fish (Coregonus vandesius) belonging to the same genus as the pollan and powan or gwyniad, found in the lake of Lochmaben in Scotland. b. A closely-allied spe...
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Fauna of Wales
River fish of note include char, eel, salmon, shad, sparling and Arctic char, whilst the gwyniad is unique to Wales, found only in Bala Lake.
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burbot
burbot (ˈbɜːbət) Forms: 5 borbot (6 borbotha), 7 burbott, -bate, -bout, 8–9 burbolt, (7–8 bird-bolt), 7– burbot, (9 burbet, barbott). [a. F. bourbotte (Littré), bourbete (Godef.), bourbette (Cotgr.); the usual mod.F. form is barbote, barbotte; cf. bourboter, barbotter, to dabble or wallow in mud. (T...
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