Common name of Dorosoma cepedianum
 
Common name Alose à gésier
Language French
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country France
Locality
Ref. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1990
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st modifier inanimate object
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Alose' from Latin 'alausa' (p. 25 in Ref. 9404); 'à gésier', i.e., gizzard, from Latin 'gigeria', i.e., entrailles (p. 341 in Ref. 9404).
 
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