Gwin"i*ad (?), n. [W. gwyniad a whiting, the name of various fishes, fr. gwyn white.] Zool.

A fish (Coregonus ferus) of North Wales and Northern Europe, allied to the lake whitefish; -- called also powan, and schelly.

[Written also gwyniad, guiniad, gurniad.]

 

© Webster 1913.

Log in or register to write something here or to contact authors.