milter

American  

[mil-ter] / ˈmɪl tər /

noun

1. a male fish in breeding time.

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ˈmilter British  

/ ˈmɪltə /

noun

1. a male fish that is mature and ready to breed

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Etymology

Origin of milter

First recorded in 1595–1605; milt + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Nay, did he not in all cases, though fonder of roe-fishes himself, order a milter to be drawn from the herring-barrel, because his good-wife liked it better?—

From Project Gutenberg

Nay, did he not in all cases, though fonder of roe-fishes himself, order a milter to be drawn from the herring-barrel, because his good-wife liked it better?--

From Project Gutenberg

Consequently, Milter insists that he will sign no contract unless it contains a clause granting each U.M.W. local the Bright, by majority vote, to strike over local issues.

From Time Magazine Archive

Despite the weakening of the last 100 pages, the adolescent anguish of Sheilah Milter is so acutely albeit theatrically probed, that Conflict is undeniably a powerful successor to Author Prouty's famed novel, later cinema, Stella Dallas.

From Time Magazine Archive