Common name | Speckled trout |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Canada |
Locality | |
Ref. | Leim, A.H. and W.B. Scott, 1966 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | other/n.a. |
1st modifier | color pattern(s) |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'Speckled', i.,e. a small discoloration or spot, from Middle English 'specke' from Old English 'specca' (p. 1132 in Ref. 11978); '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). |