Common name of Salvelinus fontinalis
 
Common name Square-tail
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Canada
Locality
Ref. Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core morphology
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Squaretailed', i.e., with a square tail; 'square', i.e., four sided figure, from Old French 'esquare, esqire' from Vulga Latin 'exquadra, exquadrare' (p. 496 in Ref. 11979); 'tail', from prehistoric Germanic 'taglaz' (German 'zagel', i.e., penis; Swedish 'tagel', i.e., horsehair) from Indo-European 'doklos', i.e., something long and thin (p. 519 in Ref. 11979).
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