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Definition of Powan
1. n. A small British lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeoides, or C. ferus); -- called also gwyniad and lake herring.
Definition of Powan
1. Noun. A species of freshwater whitefish endemic to Loch Lomond in Scotland. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Powan
1. a species of whitefish [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Powan
Literary usage of Powan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fish-culture: A Practical Guide to the Modern System of Breeding and Rearing by Francis Francis (1863)
"The Pollan has sometimes been confounded with the powan, but they are ...
The flesh, too, is rather inferior to the powan, though not by any means to be ..."
2. The Harvest of the Sea: A Contribution to the Natural and Economic History by James Glass Bertram (1869)
"... the powan—Where are the Haddocks? —The Food of Fish—Fish as a rule not
Migratory—The Growth of Fish ..."
3. The Harvest of the Sea: Including Sketches of Fisheries & Fisher Folk by James Glass Bertram (1873)
"... Stories about the Growth of the Eel—All that is known about the
Mackerel—Whitebait—Mysterious Fish : the Vendace and the powan —Where are the
Haddocks ? ..."
4. Desultory Notes on Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary by James B. Montogomerie- Fleming (1899)
"The Imperial Dictionary gives "PowAN (a form of Pollan) a rare fresh-water ...
The powan, or Fresh-water Herring, frequents the loch in enormous numbers, ..."
5. By Lake and River: An Angler's Rambles in the North of England and Scotland by Francis Francis (1874)
"I did not meet with the far-famed powan of Loch Lomond. It is not so often taken
now as formerly, and keeps lower down the lake towards Luss. ..."
6. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"powan, or, as they are sometimes called, freshwater herrings, live in the deepest
parta of the lakes mentioned and come to the surface only occasionally, ..."
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