Common name | Gizzard fish |
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, 1973 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
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Remarks | 'Gizzard' from Old French 'giser' from Vulgar Latin 'gicerium' from Latin 'gigeria', i.e., cooked entrails of poultry (p. 255 in Ref. 11979); 'fish', from Germanic 'fiskaz' from the same source as Latin 'piscis', from Indo-European 'piskos' (p. 229 in Ref. 11979). |