释义 |
houting /ˈhaʊtɪŋ /nounA migratory whitefish with a pointed snout. Now rare, it is found mainly in the Baltic and adjacent rivers.- Coregonus oxyrhinchus, family Salmonidae.
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.
OriginLate 19th century: from Dutch, from Middle Dutch houtic, of unknown origin. |