Common name of Oncorhynchus mykiss
 
Common name Trucha arcoiris
Language Spanish
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Mexico
Locality
Ref. Anonymous, 1994
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st modifier color pattern(s)
2nd modifier
Remarks 'arcoiris', i.e., 'rainbow' (Ref. 1998); 'truvha' from 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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