ALEVIN


Meaning of ALEVIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈa-lə-vən ]

noun

Etymology: French, from Old French, from alever to lift up, rear (offspring), from Latin allevare, from ad- + levare to raise — more at lever

Date: 1868

: a young fish ; especially : a newly hatched salmon when still attached to the yolk sac

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