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gillaroo|gɪləˈruː|
Also 8 gilderoy, 9 gilleroo.
[a. Irish giolla ruadh (giolla lad, fellow + ruadh red).]
A species of trout found in certain Irish rivers and lakes (see quot. 1833).
1773Barrington in Phil. Trans. LXIV. 118 The poke of the Gillaroo seems to perform the office of a gizzard. 1776R. Twiss Tour Irel. 111 A species of trout, called gilderoy, are caught here [in the Shannon and lakes near]. 1833J. Rennie Alph. Angling 39 Trouts, which are called gillaroo, are found in Loch Melvin, near Ballyshannon, and Loch Con, near Ballina..and differ little from the common trout, except in being of a bright golden yellow on the belly and fins, with more red spots on the sides, and somewhat broader and thicker in form. 1867F. Francis Angling vii. (1880) 257, I was having great sport with the gillaroos. 1880Antrim & Down Gloss., Gillaroo trout, a large lake trout, commonly said to have a gizzard like that of a fowl. |