Common name of Salvelinus namaycush
 
Umgangssprachlicher Name Lake trout
Language English
Typ Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Land Canada
Fundort British Columbia
Ref. Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973
Lebensstadium juveniles and adults
Geschlecht females and males
Core other/n.a.
Erster Bezug habitat/ecology
Zweiter Bezug
Remarks 'Lake' from Old French 'lac' from Latin 'lacus' of the same source as Gaelic 'loch' and Latin 'lacuna', i.e., hole, pit, pool (p. 316 in Ref. 11979); 'trout' from Middle English from Old English 'truht' from Low Latin 'trocta, tructa', i.e., a fish with sharp teeth, from Greek 'troktes', i.e., gnawer, from 'trogein', i.e., to gnaw (p. 1266 in Ref. 11978).
 
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