单词 | vendace |
释义 | vendacen. 1. 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. 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 1684 R. Sibbald Scotl. Illustr. ii. iii. 26 Piscis in Lacu Mabano, Vandesius. In eodem Lacu Gevandesius.] 1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iv. 268 It [sc. the gwiniad] is the same with the Ferra of the lake of Geneva, the Schelly, of Hulse-water, the Pollen of Lough Neagh, and the Vangis and Juvangis of Loch Mabon. 1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica I. 61 Guiniad. Found in Loch-Mabon; called in those parts the Vendace, and Juvangis; and in Loch-Lomond, where it is called the Poan. 1805 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. II. 272 There is one [fish] that, from every information that can be obtained, is peculiar to that loch [sc. Castle Loch]... It is called the Vendise or Vendace. 1820 W. Scott Abbot II. ix. 293 Herlings, which frequent the Nith, and vendisses, which are only found in the Castle-Loch of Lochmaben. 2. A closely allied species ( Coregonus gracilior) found in Derwentwater, formerly identified with the preceding. ΚΠ 1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 231/1 The Vendace (Coregonus Albula), found also in the Scotch lakes. 1884 G. F. Braithwaite Salmonidæ Westmorland ii. 5 The vendace or vendis and the smelt, or sparling. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1867 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 744/1 Vendace-fishing at Lochmaben takes place only on the 1st of August each year. 1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 366 Vendace Nets, from Lake Wetter. 1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 372 Gwyniad Roe,..Vendace Roe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1769 |
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