Common Names Summary - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Common name of Oncorhynchus mykiss
 
Common name Truta-arco-íris
Language Portuguese
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Territory Portugal
Locality
Ref. Sanches, J.G., 1989
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st modifier color pattern(s)
2nd modifier
Remarks 'arco iris', i.e., 'rainbow'; 'truta' from 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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