'Powan' definitions:
Definition of 'Powan'
From: GCIDE
- Powan \Pow"an\, Powen \Pow"en\, n. (Zool.) A small British lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeoides, or Coregonus ferus); -- called also gwyniad and {lake herring}. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'powan'
From: GCIDE
- Gwiniad \Gwin"i*ad\ (gw[i^]n"[i^]*[a^]d), n. [W. gwyniad a whiting, the name of various fishes, fr. gwyn white.] (Zo["o]l.) A fish (Coregonus ferus) of North Wales and Northern Europe, allied to the lake whitefish; -- called also powan, and schelly. [Written also gwyniad, guiniad, gurniad.] [1913 Webster]