Common name | Stokell's smelt |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | New Zealand |
Locality | |
Ref. | McDowall, R.M., 1990 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | taste/smell |
1st modifier | person (eponym) |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | Name also cited in Ref. 5755. '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). |