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.]
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