Common name | Sea char |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Canada |
Locality | British Columbia |
Ref. | Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1998 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
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1st modifier | |
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Remarks | 'Sea' from prehistoric Germanic 'saiwiz' of unknown origin and related to German 'see', Dutch 'zee', Swedish 'sjö', Danish 'sø' (p. 464 in Ref. 11979); 'trout' from Middle English from Old English 'char' of unknown origin (p. 227 in Ref. 11978). |