English Explanatory Dictionary

finnock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A young sea trout, in the year after they return to fresh water after their smolt migration stage.

Word forms

finnock finnocks finnac finnack finnoc phinnock

Etymology

A possible anglicisation of Scottish Gaelic fionnag (“young salmon”). Compare fionnag (“whiting”), a calque of English whiting, from fionn (“white”).

Synonyms

herling school peal school peel harvester
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