Common name | Pallid eelpout |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Canada |
Locality | British Columbia |
Ref. | Hart, J.L., 1973 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | primary lexeme |
1st modifier | other fish |
2nd modifier | color pattern(s) |
Remarks | 'eel' from Middle English, 'ele', from Old English 'ael' and akin to Old High German, 'ãl' (Ref. 11978); 'pout' from Middle English 'poute', i.e., a fish with a large head, from Old English 'pute' and akin to Middle English 'pouten', i.e., to pout and Sanskrit 'budbuda', i.e., bubble (p. 922 in Ref. 11978); pallid, i.e., pale, from Latin 'pallidus' a derivative of the verb 'pallere' and descended from the Indo-European base '*pol-', '*pel-' (p. 380, Ref. 11979). Also Ref. 4925. |