Common name of Oncorhynchus mykiss
 
Common name Salmon 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 other fish
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Salmon' from Latin 'salmo, -onis' linked to 'salire', i.e., to jump and hence, the leaping fish (p. 454 in Ref. 11979); 'trout' survived from Middle English derived from Old English 'truht' from Low Latin 'trocta, tructa', i.e., 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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