Obs. rare. [Formed as prec., after Sw. strömling, strömming (MSw. strömlinger, ströminger); cf. MLG. stromelink, G. strömling.] A kind of small herring found in the Baltic and the Swedish lakes.
1694. [Bp. J. Robinson], Acc. Sweden, i. 9. These … Lakes … are not ill stored with varieties of Fish,… of which the most plentiful is the Streamling.
1799. W. Tooke, View Russian Emp., III. 169. The streamlings, a degenerate species of herring, are everywhere found in the … Baltic.
