zingelhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zingel_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezingel, n.
Revised 2021

zingelnoun

  1. 1803–
    Any of several bottom-dwelling freshwater fishes of the percoid genus Zingel, found in certain streams and rivers of western and central Europe; spec. Z. zingel of the Danube and Dniester river systems.
    1. 1803
      Zingel Perch.
      G. Shaw, General Zoology vol. IV. 551
    2. 1829
      The schill is likewise found in the Sprey and in the Hungarian lakes, and, according to Bloch, the zingel in the Rhone.
      H. Davy, Salmonia (ed. 2) ix. 275
    3. 1907
      The Zingel, Zingel zingel (Linnaeus). Danube River.
      D. S. Jordan, Fishes xxxiii. 252 (caption)
    4. 2000
      The zingel has 13–15 spines and 18–20 rays in the anterior and posterior dorsal fins respectively.
      J. F. Craig, Percid Fishes xiii. 260

zingel, n. was revised in March 2021.

zingel, n. was last modified in July 2023.