Common name of Cottus confusus
 
Common name Chabot à tête courte
Language French
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Canada
Locality Quebec
Ref. Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Chabot' from Southern European or Norman dialects 'cabot, cap', i.e., head, used for animals with big heads (p. 119 in Ref. 9404); 'à tête courte', i.e., short head; 'tête', from Latin 'testa', i.e., terra cota vase, skull, head (p. 743 in Ref. 9404); 'courte' from Latin 'curtus', i.e., to shorten by cutting (p. 207 in Ref. 9404).
 
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