Remarks |
'merluche' from Old French 'merle' (i.e., a bird with black feathers of the Order Passeriformes; Ref. 27838) from Latin 'merulus' and 'merula', i.e., a blackbird or a sea-carp (Ref. 27838), also from Provençal 'merlus' which is a cross of Old French 'merle' and 'lus' (from Latin 'lucius', i.e., pike) (p. 459 in Ref, 9404); 'à longues nageoires', i.e., with long fins; 'longues' from Latin 'longus', i.e., long (p. 428 in Ref. 9404); 'nageoires', i.e., fins, from Latin 'navigare', i.e., to navigate, to row (p. 486 in Ref. 9404). Also Ref. 171, 56807, 82178, 87040, 90062, 93840, 95632, 115257, 115257, 118272, 124692. |