Common name of Oncorhynchus mykiss
 
Common name Rainbow trout
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Sri Lanka
Locality
Ref. Pethiyagoda, R., 1991
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st modifier color pattern(s)
2nd modifier
Remarks Name used by North American anglers to refer to dark stream forms with intense colors as that of the 'rainbow' (Ref. 1998); '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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