Common name | Chabot à tête courte |
Language | French |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | Canada |
Locality | Quebec |
Ref. | Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
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1st modifier | |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'Chabot' from Southern European or Norman dialects 'cabot, cap', i.e., head, used for animals with big heads (p. 119 in Ref. 9404); 'à tête courte', i.e., short head; 'tête', from Latin 'testa', i.e., terra cota vase, skull, head (p. 743 in Ref. 9404); 'courte' from Latin 'curtus', i.e., to shorten by cutting (p. 207 in Ref. 9404). |