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milt

American  
[milt] / mɪlt /

noun

  1. the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.

  2. the testes and sperm ducts when filled with this secretion.

  3. melt.

milt British  
/ mɪlt /

noun

  1. the testis of a fish

  2. the spermatozoa and seminal fluid produced by a fish

  3. rare the spleen of certain animals, esp fowls and pigs

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verb

  1. to fertilize (the roe of a female fish) with milt, esp artificially

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milt Scientific  
/ mĭlt /

  1. Fish sperm, together with the milky liquid that contains them.

Etymology

Origin of milt

before 900; Middle English milte, milt, Old English milte spleen; cognate with German Milz, Middle Dutch milte milt, spleen; akin to melt 2

Example Sentences

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They grabbed fish, one after another, by the tail and slid them down a chute into the hatchery building, to be stripped of their eggs and milt.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2020

Nehring repeated the process with the males, and they produced a small amount of milt.

From Washington Times • Jun. 24, 2017

They’re so full of milt and roe that there’s no room in their stomachs for food.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 7, 2016

One morning, hours before the arctic dawn broke, I accompanied Olafsson to the plant where he obtains his milt.

From New York Times • May 13, 2011

The old English name for the milt of a fish.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

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