Common name of Salvelinus fontinalis
 
Common name Omble de fontaine
Language French
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Canada
Locality Newfoundland (Ref. 1998).
Ref. Whiteley, A.R., B.E. Penaluna, E.B. Taylor, S. Weiss, A. Abadia-Cardoso, D. Gomez-Uchida, I. Koizumi and P. Trotter, 2019
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st modifier habitat/ecology
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Omble' as in 'ombre-chevalier', a Swiss Romand word from 'ombre, omble' from Low Latin 'amulus' (p. 509 in Ref. 9404); 'de fontaine', i.e., spring, from Vulgar Latin 'fontana' from 'fons, fontis', i.e., source (p. 314 in Ref. 9404). Also Ref. 27545, 4926.
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