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 of Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland. They are also found in the archipelago in the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland.

Etymologies

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From French lavaret

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  • It's a fish.

    November 17, 2011