Common name of Sphyraena sphyraena
 
Common name Brochet de mer
Language French
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country France
Locality
Ref. Kotlyar, A.N., 1984
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Brochet' from Latin slang 'brocca', feminine substantive of 'brochus' = projecting, pointed, 'broche', 'brochet' for its pointed snout (p. 112 in Ref. 9404, see also 'gade' and 'morue'); 'de mer', i.e., of the sea, from Latin 'mare' (p. 458 in Ref. 9404).
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