Common name of Oncorhynchus mykiss
 
Common name Coast range trout
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Tomelleri, J.R. and M.E. Eberle, 1990
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st modifier locality/area
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Coast' from Old French 'coste', i.e., seaside - side or edge of the land, from Latin 'costa', i.e., rib, flank, side (p. 120 in Ref. 11979); 'range', i.e., rank or row, from Old French 'ranc, rang, rangier', i.e., set in a row (p.430 in Ref. 11979); 'trout' from Middle English from Old English 'truht' from Low Latin 'trocta, tructa', i.e., a fish with sharp teeth, from Greek 'troktes', i.e., gnawer, from 'trogein', i.e., to gnaw (p. 1266 in Ref. 11978).
 
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