Common name | Peamouth |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Canada |
Locality | Within the Secwépemc territory. |
Ref. | Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
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Remarks | Associated with true suckers in Secwépemc mythology. 'Peamouth', i.e., mouth or mouth parts resembling a pea; 'pea', i.e., a leguminous vine with rounded smooth or wrinkled edible protein-rich seeds (p. 865 in Ref. 11978), from Old English 'pease' from Latin 'pisa' from Greek 'píson' (p. 387 in Ref. 11979); 'mouth', i.e., the opening through which food passes into the body of an animal (p. 776 in Ref. 11978), from Indo-European root 'munthaz' (p. 356 in Ref. 11979). |