milt (mĭlt)
n.

1. 1. Fish sperm, including the seminal fluid.
   2. The reproductive glands of male fishes when filled with this fluid.
2. The spleen of certain vertebrate animals, such as cows or pigs.

tr.v., milt·ed, milt·ing, milts.
To fertilize (fish roe) with milt.

[Middle English, roe, spleen, partly from Middle Dutch milte and partly from Old English milte, spleen.]

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