Common name | Mountain sucker |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Canada |
Locality | |
Ref. | Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | morphology |
1st modifier | habitat/ecology |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'Mountain' from Old French 'montaigne' from Vulgar Latin 'montanus', i.e., mountainous area, from Latin 'mons', i.e., mountain (p. 356 in Ref. 11979); 'sucker', i.e., an organ in various animals for adhering or holding, a mouth adapted for sucking (Ref. 27888). |