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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BEERAN, BIORAN, n. A small trout. [′birən]Sth., Inv. 1933 R.B.:
Bioran alone is used by boys in Badenoch, and here round about Dornoch, for small trout fry, etc., about the size and not unlike the shape of a stickleback.Inv. 1898 H.E.F. in E.D.D.:
Beeran. In common use.
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