smolt
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
Origin of smolt
1Words Nearby smolt
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use smolt in a sentence
A late sea-going smolt explains the anomaly of a spring salmon.
The Ocean World: | Louis FiguierThey are then called "smolt," and are as adult salmon in all respects save size.
Alaska | Ella HigginsonShortly after assuming the smolt dress, the young salmon takes its departure to the sea.
Amateur Fish Culture | Charles Edward WalkerIn about fifteen months it loses these marks and becomes quite silvery, being now known as a smolt.
Amateur Fish Culture | Charles Edward Walker
British Dictionary definitions for smolt
/ (sməʊlt) /
a young salmon at the stage when it migrates from fresh water to the sea
Origin of smolt
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse