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skegger

skegger noun: a parr; a young salmon.

Noun

skegger (plural skeggers)

  1. (archaic) A parr; a young salmon.
    • I might here, before I take my leave of the salmon, tell you, that there is more than one sort of them; as, namely, a tecon, and another called in some places a samlet, or by some a skegger1653, Iz[aak] Wa[lton], The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, […], London: […] T. Maxey for Rich[ard] Marriot, […], →OCLC; reprinted as The...

Forms of skegger

pluralskeggers

Questions about skegger

What does skegger mean?
Skegger means a parr; a young salmon.
What part of speech is skegger?
Skegger is a noun.
What is the plural of skegger?
The plural of skegger is skeggers.

Words near skegger in the dictionary

  1. Skeffington's daughter
  2. Skeffington's daughters
  3. Skeffingtons
  4. skeg
  5. Skegby
  6. skegger
  7. skeggers
  8. Skeggy
  9. Skegness
  10. skegs
  11. Skehan

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