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milt

 
(mĭlt) pronunciation
n.
    1. Fish sperm, including the seminal fluid.
    2. The reproductive glands of male fishes when filled with this fluid.
  1. 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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melt

Soft roe (testes) of male fish. Also spleen of animals.

Wikipedia: Milt
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For the alternate meaning of "milt" as "spleen", see Spleen. Milt is also the abbreviation for the orchid genus Miltonia.

Milt is the seminal fluid of fish, mollusks, and certain other water-dwelling animals who reproduce by spraying this fluid, which contains the sperm, onto roe (fish eggs).

Milt as food

Milt or soft roe also refers to the male genitalia of fish when they contain sperm, used as food.

In many cuisines, milt is served fried.

In Russian cuisine, herring milt is pickled the same way as the rest of the fish, but eaten separately, sometimes combined with pickled herring roe.

In Japanese cuisine, the milt (白子 shirako 'white children') of cod (tara), anglerfish (anko) and pufferfish (fugu) are a delicacy.

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Translations: Milt
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - milt
v. tr. - befrugte, gyde sæd på

Nederlands (Dutch)
milt, hom, bevruchten

Français (French)
n. - laitance
v. tr. - fertiliser avec de la laitance

Deutsch (German)
n. - Milz, Fischmilch
v. - mit Fischmilch befruchten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σπλήνα, σπέρμα ψαριού (κν. γάλα)
v. - γονιμοποιώ (συχνά τεχνητά) ωάρια ψαριού

Italiano (Italian)
milza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - lácteo (f) (Ictiol.), baço (m) (Anat.), vesícula seminal (f) (Ictiol.)
v. - fecundar (peixe)

Русский (Russian)
молоки, селезенка, оплодотворять икру

Español (Spanish)
n. - lecha de pescado, lechaza
v. tr. - fecundar (las huevas de pescado)

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mjölke (hos fisk), mjälte
v. - befrukta

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
脾脏, 精液, 鱼精, 使受精

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 脾臟, 精液, 魚精
v. tr. - 使受精

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 어백
v. tr. - 수정시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 白子, 魚精, 脾臓

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) غدد تناسليه عند ذكور السمك (فعل) يلقح نفسه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮טחול, בלוטת זרע אצל דג זכר, זרע של דג זכר‬
v. tr. - ‮הפרה (ביצי דגים) בזרע דגים‬


 
 

 

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