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smolt
[ smohlt ]
noun
- a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
smolt
/ sməʊlt /
noun
- a young salmon at the stage when it migrates from fresh water to the sea
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of smolt1
C14: Scottish, of uncertain origin; perhaps related to smelt ²
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Example Sentences
A late sea-going smolt explains the anomaly of a spring salmon.
From Project Gutenberg
They are then called "smolt," and are as adult salmon in all respects save size.
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Shortly after assuming the smolt dress, the young salmon takes its departure to the sea.
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In about fifteen months it loses these marks and becomes quite silvery, being now known as a smolt.
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