smign.

Forms: Also smigg.

Etymology: Of obscure origin.

(See quot. a1880¹.) Also attributive, as smig bait, smig herring.

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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > [noun] > member of family Galaxiidae

mudfish1502

inanga1845

cockabully1874

smig1879

mountain trout1882

kokopu1886

jolly-tail1892

minnow1898

bully1912

1879 Standard 17 July 3/7 The mackerel were so intent upon chasing shoals of smigg, that numbers of them were stranded on the beach.

a1880 F. T. Buckland Nat. Hist. Brit. Fishes 281 If a basket of whitebait be examined in April there will be found a large number of minute fish 1 in. to 1½ in. long, perfectly transparent, with a large eye and no scales visible, the body being covered with a few black spots. These are called ‘smig herring’.

a1880 F. T. Buckland Nat. Hist. Brit. Fishes 282 The spratty stuff and the ‘smig’ bait comes up the river first.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	smig
释义	smign. Forms: Also smigg. Etymology: Of obscure origin. (See quot. a1880¹.) Also attributive, as smig bait, smig herring. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > [noun] > member of family Galaxiidae mudfish1502 inanga1845 cockabully1874 smig1879 mountain trout1882 kokopu1886 jolly-tail1892 minnow1898 bully1912 1879 Standard 17 July 3/7 The mackerel were so intent upon chasing shoals of smigg, that numbers of them were stranded on the beach. a1880 F. T. Buckland Nat. Hist. Brit. Fishes 281 If a basket of whitebait be examined in April there will be found a large number of minute fish 1 in. to 1½ in. long, perfectly transparent, with a large eye and no scales visible, the body being covered with a few black spots. These are called ‘smig herring’. a1880 F. T. Buckland Nat. Hist. Brit. Fishes 282 The spratty stuff and the ‘smig’ bait comes up the river first. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1879
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