Common name of Salvelinus fontinalis
 
Common name Squaretailed trout
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Canada
Locality
Ref. Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core other/n.a.
1st modifier morphology
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Squaretailed', i.e., with a square tail; 'square', i.e., four sided figure, from Old French 'esquare, esqire' from Vulga Latin 'exquadra, exquadrare' (p. 496 in Ref. 11979); 'tail', from prehistoric Germanic 'taglaz' (German 'zagel', i.e., penis; Swedish 'tagel', i.e., horsehair) from Indo-European 'doklos', i.e., something long and thin (p. 519 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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