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单词 candavaig
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candavaign.

Brit. /ˈkandəveɪɡ/, U.S. /ˈkændəˌveɪɡ/, Scottish English /ˈkandəveɡ/
Forms: canaveg
Etymology: According to Jamieson, < Gaelic ceann head + dubhach blacking; melancholy, sorry.
Scottish dialect. Also .
A salmon that lies in the fresh water till summer without going down to the sea, and is consequently reckoned as foul; a black-fish. Also a later-spawning variety of salmon.
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1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IX. 109 (Jam.) We have—a species of salmon, called by the country people candavaigs, that frequently do not spawn before the month of April.
1847 T. T. Stoddart Angler's Compan. 366 A variety of the salar, termed canavegs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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