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Definition of Gwiniad
1. n. A fish (Coregonus ferus) of North Wales and Northern Europe, allied to the lake whitefish; -- called also powan, and schelly.
Definition of Gwiniad
1. Noun. (alternative form of gwyniad) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gwiniad
1. a whitefish [n -S]
Medical Definition of Gwiniad
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gwiniad
Literary usage of Gwiniad
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Angler, Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation: Being a Discourse by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton, James Edmund Harting (1893)
"Nor would I have you ignorant of a rare fish called a gwiniad, of which I shall
tell you what Camden and others speak.1 The river Dee, which runs by Chester ..."
2. The Pre- and Proto-historic Finns, Both Eastern and Western, with the Magic by baron John Abercromby Abercromby, John Abercromby (1898)
"Now go away, withdraw elsewhere, who art smoother than a gwiniad, than a muik-fish
more slippery, for here it is bad for thee to stay. ..."
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