torgochn.
/ˈtɔːɡɒx/, /ˈtɔːɡɒk/, U.S. /ˈtɔrˌɡɑk/, /ˈtɔrˌɡoʊk/, Welsh English /ˈtɔː(r)ɡɔx/ The red-bellied char, a variety of the common char, found in the Welsh lakes.
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1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. ii. xiv. 123/2 In the Pool Lin-Peris there is a kinde of fish called there Torcoch hauing a red belly, no where else seene.
1756 in Gentleman's Mag. 26 616/2 Torgotch, or Red-belly, which distinguishes the female.
1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling (ed. 2) 4 The English fishes that we have in our ponds, rivers, &c. are as follow: Umbla minor, Gesn. The Red Charr, or Welch Torgoch.
1924 Glasgow Herald 8 Feb. 8 Among the fish got in the Clyde at that time (about 1840) was the..torgoch or char.
1936 J. T. Jenkins Fishes Brit. Isles (ed. 2) 237 The Torgoch..inhabits two lakes near Llanberis.
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