twaite

English

Etymology

Uncertain. First known reference is from 1609.[1]

“Twait | Twaite, N.” Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford UP, July 2023, https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/8799204939.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tweɪt/
  • Rhymes: -eɪt

Noun

twaite (plural twaites)

  1. (dialectal) A fish, the twaite shad, Alosa fallax

References
  1. “Twait | Twaite”, in Oxford English Dictionary‎, Oxford University Press, 2023 July, retrieved 28 March 2024

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