| 单词 |
vendace |
| 释义 |
vendace|ˈvɛndɪs|
Also 8 vangis, 9 vendis, vendise.
[app. ad. OF. vendese, vendoise (mod.F. vandoise) dace.]
a. A species of small freshwater fish (Coregonus vandesius) belonging to the same genus as the pollan and powan or gwyniad, found in the lake of Lochmaben in Scotland.
b. A closely-allied species (Coregonus gracilior) found in Derwentwater, formerly identified with the preceding.
[1684Sibbald Scotia Illustrata II. ii. 26 Piscis in Lacu Mabano, Vandesius. In eodem Lacu Gevandesius.] 1769Pennant Brit. Zool. III. 268 It [the gwiniad] is the same with the Ferra of the lake of Geneva, the Schelley of Hulsewater, the Pollen of Lough Neagh, and the Vangis and Juvangis of Loch Mabon. 1777― in Lightfoot Flora Scot. (1789) I. 61 Guiniad. Found in Loch-Mabon; called in those parts the Vendace, and Juvangis; and in Loch-Lomond, where it is called the Poan. 1805Forsyth Beauties Scotl. II. 272 There is one [fish] that, from every information that can be obtained, is peculiar to that loch [Castle Loch]... It is called the Vendise or Vendace. 1820Scott Abbot xxiv, Herlings, which frequent the Nith, and vendisses, which are only found in the Castle-Loch of Lochmaben. 1856‘Stonehenge’ Brit. Rur. Sports 231/1 The Vendace (Coregonus Albula), found also in the Scotch lakes. 1884Braithwaite Salmonidæ Westmld. ii. 5 The vendace or vendis and the smelt, or sparling.
attrib.1867Chambers's Encycl. IX. 744/1 Vendace-fishing at Lochmaben takes place only on the 1st of August each year. 1883Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 366 Vendace Nets, from Lake Wetter. Ibid. 372 Gwyniad Roe,..Vendace Roe. |
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