Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical and leading genus of the subfamily Corcgoninæ, characterized by a small mouth, large scales, and very weak dentition, the teeth being reduced to a mere roughness or wanting entirely.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the type genus of the
Coregonidae ; whitefishes.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the Coregonidae: whitefishes
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Examples
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There is scarcely any better eating in the way of fish than _coregonus_ -- a new species discovered at Point Barrow by the _Corwin_ -- and certainly no more dainty game exists than the young wild geese and ptarmigan to be found in countless numbers in Hotham inlet.
The First Landing on Wrangel Island With Some Remarks on the Northern Inhabitants 1871
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The coregonus is also caught in the inland lakes, although, at least at this season of the year, only in limited quantity.
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Alexander Leslie 1866
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