n.
A young salmon at the stage intermediate between the parr and the grilse, when it becomes covered with silvery scales and first migrates from fresh water to the sea.
[Middle English, from Medieval Latin smoltus, probably of Old English origin.]
smolt
| Dictionary: smolt |
(smōlt)
n.
A young salmon at the stage intermediate between the parr and the grilse, when it becomes covered with silvery scales and first migrates from fresh water to the sea.
n.
A young salmon at the stage intermediate between the parr and the grilse, when it becomes covered with silvery scales and first migrates from fresh water to the sea.
| Veterinary Dictionary: smolt |
Young salmon on its way downriver en route to the sea; covered with distinctive silvery scales.
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