kiack
English
editEtymology 1
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Noun
editkiack (plural kiacks)
Etymology 2
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Noun
editkiack (plural kiacks)
- (Canada) Alosa pseudoharengus, a species of small freshwater fish, also known as the alewife.
- 2007, “Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus)”, in Fisheries and Aquaculture—Government of Nova Scotia, retrieved 30 Nov. 2011:
- Common names for the alewife are gaspereau, river herring, sawbelly, or kiack.
- 2010, William Casselman, Nova Scotia Fish Word: Kiack, www.billcasselman.com (retrieved 29 Nov. 2011):
- Finally, I visited a group of kiack fishermen down in Argyle. This was a new fishery to me. The kiack (also called gaspereau and alewife in other areas) is fished with a dip net out of small brooks in the Tusket River area.
Etymology 3
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Noun
editkiack (plural kiacks)