Common name of Oncorhynchus mykiss
 
Common name Trota iridea
Language Italian
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Italy
Locality
Ref. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1990
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st modifier color pattern(s)
2nd modifier
Remarks 'iridea', i.e., as in colors of the 'rainbow'; 'trota' from 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).
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