Common name | Coast rainbow trout |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | Canada |
Locality | |
Ref. | Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | primary lexeme |
1st modifier | color pattern(s) |
2nd modifier | locality/area |
Remarks | 'Coast' from Old French 'coste', i.e., seaside - side or edge of the land, from Latin 'costa', i.e., rib, flank, side (p. 120 in Ref. 11979); with intense colors as that of the 'rainbow' (Ref. 1998); 'trout' from Middle English from Old English 'truht' from Low Latin 'trocta, tructa', i.e., a fish with sharp teeth, from Greek 'troktes', i.e., gnawer, from 'trogein', i.e., to gnaw (p. 1266 in Ref. 11978). |