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单词 fossack
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fossackn.

Brit. /ˈfɒsək/, U.S. /ˈfɑsək/, Scottish English /ˈfɔsək/
Forms: 1800s fossak, 1800s– fossack.
Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymons: an element of unknown origin, Scottish Gaelic -ag.
Etymology: Origin unknown. The first element may perhaps ultimately reflect early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic fors waterfall, river rapids (see force n.2), also common as a place name element); the second element apparently shows Scottish Gaelic -ag (pronounced /ak/: see -ock suffix).
Scottish (Sutherland). rare.
The sea trout, Salmo trutta trutta, as found in the lower reaches of certain Scottish rivers.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Salmo > trout (unspecified and miscellaneous) > salmo trutta (sea trout)
salmon-trout1421
scurf1483
grey trout1557
cock1677
sea-trout1745
slob trout1849
fossack1884
1884 J. A. Harvie-Brown & T. E. Buckley in C. St. John Tour Sutherlandshire (ed. 2) II. 372 Tidal Trout, S. estuarius, Knox. ‘Fossak’ of Loch Inver. Ascends rivers only a limited distance.
1887 J. A. Harvie-Brown & T. E. Buckley Vertebr. Fauna Sutherland, Caithness & W. Cromarty 289 The peculiar tidal trout, or so-called ‘fossak’ of the Inver and other rivers.
1902 Ann. Sc. Nat. Hist. 41 20 And later I shall have something to say of habits..of River Inver fish, ‘fossacks’ (or tidal trout) and sea trout.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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