milt
Americannoun
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the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
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the testes and sperm ducts when filled with this secretion.
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melt.
noun
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the testis of a fish
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the spermatozoa and seminal fluid produced by a fish
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rare the spleen of certain animals, esp fowls and pigs
verb
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
“Green” means that the fish could produce milt or eggs, but the biologists are unsure.
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
When monkfish season came to an end, he found another niche to capitalize on, codfish milt.
From New York Times • May 13, 2011
One male and two females that I examined on that date were ripe or nearly so; eggs seemed well developed and milt flowed freely from the male.
From Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas by Minckley, W. L.
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