smolt
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of smolt
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English; perhaps akin to smelt 2
Example Sentences
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Since they can’t smolt and become steelhead, they do not have state or federal protections.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2025
On a recent morning in March, while dew was still on the road, there occurred the salmon smolt mishap of Northeast Oregon.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2024
Developmental stages—the transitions between the eggs, fry, parr, smolt, and returning salmon—are governed by changes in water temperature, and warmer waters can disrupt the salmon’s life cycle by triggering stunted growth or premature hatching.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 7, 2019
DeHart said years of research — under all different kinds of river conditions — indicate the increased flows should boost the numbers of smolt that make it to the ocean.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2017
In its various and progressive stages, it passes under the names of fry, smolt, orange-fin, phinock, herling, whitling, sea-trout, and salmon-trout.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 by Various
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