DOLLY VARDEN


Meaning of DOLLY VARDEN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌdä-lē-ˈvär-d ə n- ]

noun

Etymology: Dolly Varden, gaily dressed coquette in Barnaby Rudge (1841), novel by Charles Dickens

Date: circa 1876

: a large anadromous or freshwater char ( Salvelinus malma ) widespread in streams of northwestern North America and eastern Asia — called also Dolly Varden trout

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