Common name | Great lake trout |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Locality | |
Ref. | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1990 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | other/n.a. |
1st modifier | locality/area |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'Great Lakes' referring to Great Lakes region of the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota (Ref. 1998); 'lake' from Old French 'lac' from Latin 'lacus' of the same source as Gaelic 'loch' and Latin 'lacuna', i.e., hole, pit, pool (p. 316 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). |