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phinnock

phinnock is the obsolete form of finnock.

Meaning of finnock

Noun

finnock (plural finnocks)

  1. (Scotland) A young sea trout, in the year after they return to fresh water after their smolt migration stage.
    • Previous to their descent, I caught in all, not far from the tideway, about half-a-dozen finnocks, on two or three different occasions.1866, Thomas Tod Stoddart, An Angler's Rambles and Angling Songs, page 46
    Synonyms:
    herling, school peal, school peel, harvester

Forms of phinnock

pluralphinnocks

Questions about phinnock

What is phinnock the obsolete form of?
Phinnock is the obsolete form of finnock.

Words near phinnock in the dictionary

  1. Phineus
  2. phinisi
  3. phinisis
  4. Phinney
  5. Phinneys
  6. phinnock
  7. phinnocks
  8. Phinny
  9. phiomorph
  10. phiomorphs
  11. phiomyid

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