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). |