Common name | Merluche blanche |
Language | French |
Type | FAO |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 4 - (Less common name) |
Country | France |
Locality | |
Ref. | FAO-FIES, 2015 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | other/n.a. |
1st modifier | color pattern(s) |
2nd modifier | |
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); 'blanche', i.e., white, from Francique 'blank' (German 'blank'), i.e., shiny (p. 91 in Ref. 9404). Also Ref. 171, 56807, 82178, 87040, 90062, 93840, 95632. |