Meaning of methy | Babel Free

Definitions

The burbot.

Canada, US, dated

Examples

“The occow, or river perch, termed also horn-fish, piccarel, or doré, is common, but is not so much esteemed as the attihhawmeg. It attains the length of twenty inches in these lakes. The methy is another common fish; it is the gadus lota, or burbot, of Europe.”

“In addition to the sturgeon, the fishery occasionally yields the white-fish, pike, various kinds of trout, the methy, and several sucking-carp.”

“Our Loche or Methy is not a fashionable fish, […]”

CEFR level