Common name of Osmerus mordax
 
Nome Comune Smelt
Language English
Tipo Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Paese Canada
Località
Fonte Biblio. Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973
Stadio vitale juveniles and adults
Sesso females and males
Core taste/smell
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'smelt', i.e., used to refer to any of the salmonid species of the genus Osmerus with delicate oily flesh, distinctive oder and taste (p. 1113 from Ref. 11978); etymologically, 'smelt' from Old English 'melt' borrowed from Middle Low German 'melt-' from Indo-European 'meld-, mold-, mld-' (p. 344 in Ref. 11979).
 
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