POWAN

Etymology

Noun

powan (plural powans)

Coregonus clupeoides, a species of freshwater whitefish endemic to Loch Lomond in Scotland.

Source: Wiktionary


Pow"an, Pow"en, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A small British lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeoides, or C. ferus); -- called also gwyniad and lake herring.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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QUANDONG

(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit


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