Common name | Rainbow trout |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Uzbekistan |
Locality | |
Ref. | Kamilov, G. and Z.U. Urchinov, 1995 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | primary lexeme |
1st modifier | color pattern(s) |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | Refers to freshwater form (Ref. 4925, 6885, 9988) and often used by North American anglers to refer to dark stream forms with intense colors as that of the 'rainbow' (Ref. 1998); 'trout' from Middle English from Old English 'truht' from Low Latin 'trocta, tructa', i.e., a fish with sharp teeth, from Greek 'troktes', i.e., gnawer, from 'trogein', i.e., to gnaw (p. 1266 in Ref. 11978). |