单词 | omul |
释义 | omuln. The Arctic cisco, Coregonus autumnalis, a whitefish found widely in northern Eurasia and northern North America; spec. one of the subspecies C. autumnalis migratorius, which is confined to Lake Baikal. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Coregonus (whitefish) > member of whiting1587 gwyniad1612 powan1633 whitefish1698 tittimeg1705 omul1706 pollack1707 pollan1714 skelly1740 vendace1769 tullibee1789 ferra1807 roundfish1821 herring-salmon1836 shad-salmon1842 mountain herring1877 bluefin1878 grayling1879 shad-waiter1879 houting1880 kilch1881 Menominee1882 gizzard-fish1883 1706 tr. E. Y. Ides Three Years Trav. Moscow to China ix. 40 From the Lake Baikal, great shoals of a certain Fish swim hither..: The Inhabitants call them Omuli. 1789 J. Trusler Habitable World Described IV. 147 The omul comes originally from the glacial sea, and not only enters the Jenisei, but all the rivers of Kamschatka. 1872–3 Chambers's Encycl. 73/1 Omul, (Salmo migratorius), a fish of the salmon and trout tribe, abounding in Lake Baikal and other waters of the east of Siberia. 1924 Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 837/1 It is the Omul, a herring like fish, which constitutes the main catch. 1968 Punch 31 July 147/1 But in summer at least Baikal.., with its mysterious and unique fish, the ommel, found nowhere else in the world, is a place of lonely beauty. 1991 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 Feb. 40/1 A very serious decline in both size and populations of omul, an endemic subspecies of Arctic whitefish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1706 |
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