kiack
Word-form referenceskayak
Noun
Alosa pseudoharengus, a species of small freshwater fish, also known as the alewife.
Usage- Canada
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Common names for the alewife are gaspereau, river herring, sawbelly, or kiack.
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Finally, I visited a group of kiack fishermen down in Argyle. This was a new fishery to me. The kiack (also called gaspereau and alewife in other areas) is fished with a dip net out of small brooks in the Tusket River area.
Noun
A temple for practitioners of Buddhism within Burma.
Word forms
kiacks