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Definition of houting in English: houtingnoun ˈhaʊtɪŋ A migratory whitefish with a pointed snout. Now rare, it is found mainly in the Baltic and adjacent rivers. Coregonus oxyrhinchus, family Salmonidae Example sentencesExamples - The prominent species are: Coregonus lavaretus, known as houting in its purely freshwater form, or as powan (Loch Lomond in Scotland), skelly (the English Lake District), and gwyniad.
- The houting is a protected species, but although the fish were released, it must be assumed that many died.
- In 1987 66,000 fry were released in the river and in a few other south Jutland rivers from which the houting has disappeared since the beginning of the century.
- Part of the project will help the houting to reach its spawning grounds by removing such barriers, involving the decommissioning of two hydroelectric power plants and three fish farms.
- The burbot and houting are thought to be extinct, while vendace, powan and allis shad are all on Shedule V of the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act, which makes it an offence to catch or handle them intentionally.
Origin Late 19th century: from Dutch, from Middle Dutch houtic, of unknown origin. |