finnock

noun

1. A young sea trout, in the year after they return to fresh water after their smolt migration stage.

   Previous to their descent, I caught in all, not far from the tideway, about half-a-dozen finnocks, on two or three different occasions.

Where it comes from

A possible anglicisation of Scottish Gaelic fionnag (“young salmon”). Compare fionnag (“whiting”), a calque of English whiting, from fionn (“white”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry finnock (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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