Common name of Salvelinus fontinalis
 
Common name Native trout
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Tomelleri, J.R. and M.E. Eberle, 1990
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core other/n.a.
1st modifier mod. for affinity
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Native', from Latin 'nativus', i.e., from birth, born, from 'nasci', i.e., be born from Indo-European base 'gen-, gn-', i.e., produce (p. 361 in Ref. 11979); 'trout' from Middle English from Old English 'truht' from Low 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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