Common name | Sea trout |
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 | other/n.a. |
1st modifier | habitat/ecology |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | Name used for the anadromous form (Ref. 1998); 'sea', from prehistoric Germanic 'saiwiz' with unknown origins, related to German 'see', Dutch 'zee', Swedish 'sjö', Danish 'sø' (p. 464 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). |