Common name | Toothed herring |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Canada |
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Ref. | Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1998 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
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Remarks | 'Toothed', i.e., with dentition, from prehistoric Germanic 'tanthuz', i.e., tooth, (same source as Latin 'dens', Greek 'odon', Welsh 'dant) from prehistoric Indo-European 'ed-', i.e., to eat (p. 536 in Ref. 11979); 'herring', from Old English 'haering', i.e., the gray fish, from prehistoric West Germanic 'kheringgaz', i.e., 'kher' = English 'hoar', i.e., silvery gray color of herring (p. 281 in Ref. 11979). |