smolt
/smohlt/US // smoʊlt //UK // (sməʊlt) //
蜕皮,蜕皮鱼,蜕壳,蜕变
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
Examples
A late sea-going smolt explains the anomaly of a spring salmon.
They are then called "smolt," and are as adult salmon in all respects save size.
Shortly after assuming the smolt dress, the young salmon takes its departure to the sea.
In about fifteen months it loses these marks and becomes quite silvery, being now known as a smolt.
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