Note: Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt
lakes, like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually
no outlet to the ocean.
{Lake dwellers} (Ethnol.), people of a prehistoric race, or
races, which inhabited different parts of Europe. Their
dwellings were built on piles in lakes, a short distance
from the shore. Their relics are common in the lakes of
Switzerland.
{Lake dwellings} (Arch[ae]ol.), dwellings built over a lake,
sometimes on piles, and sometimes on rude foundations kept
in place by piles; specifically, such dwellings of
prehistoric times. Lake dwellings are still used by many
savage tribes. Called also {lacustrine dwellings}. See
{Crannog}.
{Lake fly} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
dipterous flies of the genus {Chironomus}. In form they
resemble mosquitoes, but they do not bite. The larv[ae]
live in lakes.
{Lake herring} (Zo["o]l.), the cisco ({Coregonus Artedii}).
{Lake poets}, {Lake school}, a collective name originally
applied in contempt, but now in honor, to Southey,
Coleridge, and Wordsworth, who lived in the lake country
of Cumberland, England, Lamb and a few others were classed
with these by hostile critics. Called also {lakers} and
{lakists}.
{Lake sturgeon} (Zo["o]l.), a sturgeon ({Acipenser
rubicundus}), of moderate size, found in the Great Lakes
and the Mississippi River. It is used as food.
{Lake trout} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of trout
and salmon; in Europe, esp. {Salmo fario}; in the United
States, esp. {Salvelinus namaycush} of the Great Lakes,
and of various lakes in New York, Eastern Maine, and
Canada. A large variety of brook trout ({S. fontinalis}),
inhabiting many lakes in New England, is also called lake
trout. See {Namaycush}.
{Lake whitefish}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Whitefish}.
{Lake whiting} (Zo["o]l.), an American whitefish ({Coregonus
Labradoricus}), found in many lakes in the Northern United
States and Canada. It is more slender than the common
whitefish.