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powan

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}.]