Dictionary entry

Gwiniad

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Gwin″i‐ad (gwĭn″ĭ‐ăd), n. [W. gwyniad a whiting, the name of various fishes, fr. gwyn white.] (Zoöl.) 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.]