Common name of Salmo obtusirostris
 
Common name Adriatic salmon
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country United Kingdom
Locality
Ref. IUCN, 1990
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st modifier locality/area
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Adriatic' refers to the Adriatic Sea; 'salmon' replaced Old English 'laex' (German 'lachs'; Swedish 'lax', source of English 'gravlax'; Yiddish 'laks', source of English 'lox', i.e., smoked salmon; Russian 'losos') borrowed from Anglo-Norman 'saumoun' from Latin 'salmo, -onis' linked to 'salire', i.e., to jump and hence, the leaping fish (p. 454 in Ref. 11979).
 
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