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Lavaret

Lavaret \Lav"a*ret\, n. [F.] (Zo["o]l.) A European whitefish ( Coregonus laveretus), found in the mountain lakes of Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland.

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lavaret

n. (context zoology English) A European whitefish ''Coregonus laveretus'', found in the mountain lakes of Sweden, Germany, and Switzerland, and in the archipelago in the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland.

Usage examples of "lavaret".

From the Tyras waters Maggot could hook just about any kind of fish I had ever heard of, and, even more easily, could scoop up with an improvised net whole batches of the little white lavarets or silver bleaks or the still smaller gobies, all of which made delicious eating.