powan

British  

/ ˈpaʊən /

noun

1. a freshwater whitefish, Coregonus clupeoides, occurring in some Scottish lakes

2. any of certain similar related fishes, such as the vendace

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Etymology

Origin of powan

C17: Scottish variant of _pollan

Example Sentences

The perch and grayling spawn in the end of April or the beginning of May; the tench and roach about the middle of June; the common trout and powan in October and November.

From The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed by Miller, Hugh

But a salmon-trout o'erheard it, And the powan blue he swallowed.

From Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two by Lönnrot, Elias