alevin

[ al-uh-vuhn ]

noun

, Ichthyology.

1. a fry, especially a salmon, whose yolk is depleted.

alevin

/ ˈælɪvɪn /

noun

1. a young fish, esp a young salmon or trout

Word History and Origins

Origin of alevin¹

1865–70; < French, Old French ≪ Vulgar Latin *allevamen, equivalent to Latin allevā ( re ) to lift up, raise (probably in Vulgar Latin: to bring up, rear; al- al- + levāre to raise; lever ) + -men resultative noun suffix; compare Italian dialect alvam calf

Word History and Origins

Origin of alevin¹

C19: from French, from Old French alever to rear (young), from Latin levāre to raise

Example Sentences

Students will take care of the habitat and grow the eggs into alevin, or newly spawned trout with an egg sac, and eventually into fish in the spring.

From Washington Times

Within a couple of weeks, the eggs will begin to hatch into alevin.

From Washington Times

These works, selected by competition judges, include close-up photographs of iridescent crystals of the mineral cacoxenite; a starfish embryo; an extinct marine diatom; a butterfly egg nestling among the buds of a flower; trout alevin; and a caddis fly larva head.

From The Guardian

For the coach of FC Barcelona Alevín, the club's Under-11s, the trip was familiar – in fact, he had made the same journey two months before – but the lad who caught his eye was not.

From The Guardian

The alevin stage is the stage in which the least mortality should be expected, and the little fish give but little trouble.

From Project Gutenberg