finnock

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A young sea trout, in the year after they return to fresh water after their smolt migration stage. Scotland
    — Previous to their descent, I caught in all, not far from the tideway, about half-a-dozen finnocks, on two or three different occasions.

词形变化

finnocks plural finnac alternative finnack alternative finnoc alternative phinnock alternative

词源

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