Common name of Hiodon alosoides
 
Common name Toothed herring
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Canada
Locality
Ref. Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Toothed', i.e., with dentition, from prehistoric Germanic 'tanthuz', i.e., tooth, (same source as Latin 'dens', Greek 'odon', Welsh 'dant) from prehistoric Indo-European 'ed-', i.e., to eat (p. 536 in Ref. 11979); 'herring', from Old English 'haering', i.e., the gray fish, from prehistoric West Germanic 'kheringgaz', i.e., 'kher' = English 'hoar', i.e., silvery gray color of herring (p. 281 in Ref. 11979).
 
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