"finnock" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: finnocks [plural]
Etymology: A possible anglicisation of Scottish Gaelic fionnag (“young salmon”). Compare fionnag (“whiting”), a calque of English whiting, from fionn (“white”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|gd|fionnag||young salmon}} Scottish Gaelic fionnag (“young salmon”), {{m|gd|fionnag|t=whiting}} fionnag (“whiting”), {{calque|gd|en|whiting|nocap=1|nocat=1}} calque of English whiting, {{m|gd|fionn|t=white}} fionn (“white”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} finnock (plural finnocks)
  1. (Scotland) A young sea trout, in the year after they return to fresh water after their smolt migration stage. Tags: Scotland Categories (lifeform): Salmonids Synonyms: herling, school peal, school peel, harvester, finnac, finnack, finnoc, phinnock [obsolete]

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