Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus, found in European lakes, as of Switzerland, Germany, and Sweden. Also called
adelfisch .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A European whitefish (
Coregonus laveretus ), found in the mountain lakes of Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology A European
whitefish Coregonus laveretus, found in the mountain lakes ofSweden ,Germany , andSwitzerland . They are also found in thearchipelago in theBaltic Sea betweenSweden andFinland .
Etymologies
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From French lavaret
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Examples
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Quo vulneratus insuper mucrone diro lanceae, ut nos lavaret crimine,2
September 14: the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross bls 2008
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Quo vulneratus insuper mucrone diro lanceae, ut nos lavaret crimine,2
Archive 2008-09-01 bls 2008
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Cum igitur Mofes de monte defcendiffet, edi-* xit ut populu? fefe lullraret et veiles lavaret, 15. et fic inft; rucii effeiit ad diem tertium, abilinerent etiam fe a mulieribus, 16, Tertio igitur die fum -
Pentateuchus ex recensione textus hebraei et versionum antiquarum latine versus notisque philologicis [microform] Dathe, Johann August, 1731-1791, ed 1791
hernesheir commented on the word lavaret
It's a fish.
November 17, 2011