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powan |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Powan \Pow"an\, Powen \Pow"en\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small British lake whitefish ({Coregonus clupeoides}, or {C. ferus}); -- called also {gwyniad} and {lake herring}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gwiniad \Gwin"i*ad\ (gw[i^]n"[i^]*[a^]d), n. [W. gwyniad a whiting, the name of various fishes, fr gwyn white.] (Zool.) A fish ({Coregonus ferus}) of North Wales and Northern Europe, allied to the lake whitefish; -- called also {powan}, and {schelly}. [Written also {gwyniad}, {guiniad}, {gurniad}.]
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