Common name | Arctic smelt |
Language | English |
Type | AFS old |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 1 - (Legal common name (unique)) |
Country | United States (contiguous states) |
Locality | |
Ref. | Clemens, W.A. and G.V. Wilby, 1961 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | taste/smell |
1st modifier | locality/area |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'Arctic', i.e., of the Arctic Ocean; 'smelt', i.e., used to refer to any of the salmonid species of the genus Osmerus with delicate oily flesh, distinctive oder and taste (p. 1113 from Ref. 11978); etymologically, 'smelt' from Old English 'melt' borrowed from Middle Low German 'melt-' from Indo-European 'meld-, mold-, mld-' (p. 344 in Ref. 11979). |