💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Smolting"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| salmonnoun | (zoology) One of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily, brownish above with silvery sides and delicate pinkish-orange flesh; they ascend rivers to spawn. |
| smoltificationnoun | The series of physiological changes where juvenile salmonid fish adapt from living in fresh water to living in seawater. |
| anadromynoun | The migration of fish, from salt water to fresh water, as adults |
| presmoltnoun | A very young salmon that has not yet become a smolt |
| meridionalizationnoun | (biology) The movement of fish to warmer, more southern waters |
| parrnoun | Young salmon, at a stage between fry and smolt when they feed chiefly on invertebrates but cannot tolerate saltwater. |
| lampernnoun | European river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis). |
| scalingnoun | The act of one who scales or climbs. |
| salternoun | One who makes, sells, or applies salt. |
| seamothnoun | Alternative form of sea moth. [Any fish in the family Pegasidae, with winglike pectoral fins and body covered in bony armor.] |
| postlarvanoun | The stage in the development of bony fish, following the larval stage, in which the yolk sac is resorbed and juvenile characteristics appear |
| escapementnoun | (clocks, mechanics) The linkage in a (watch) that gives impulses to the timekeeping element and periodically releases the gear train to move forward, advancing the clock's hands. |
| grilsenoun | A young salmon after its first return from the sea. |
| veligernoun | (zoology) The planktonic larva of many kinds of marine and freshwater gastropod molluscs, as well as most bivalve molluscs. |
| froglingnoun | a young or little frog |
| moloidnoun | Relating to the Molidae subfamily. |
| sparlingnoun | (Scotland) A European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus). |
| yeltingnoun | (obsolete) A fish, the mangrove snapper or gray snapper, Lutjanus griseus. |
| osmoconformernoun | Any marine invertebrate that maintains its internal salinity such that it is always equal to the surrounding seawater |
| suprabenthosnoun | (biology) The organisms that live on the sea floor but migrate above it seasonally or daily |
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