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milt

  [milt]
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–noun
1. the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
2. the testes and sperm ducts when filled with this secretion.
3. melt 2 .
Origin:
bef. 900; ME milte, milt, OE milte spleen; c. G Milz, MD milte milt, spleen; akin to melt 2

melt

2  [melt]
–noun
the spleen, esp. that of a cow, pig, etc.
Also, milt.

Origin:
1575–85; var. of milt
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milt   (mĭlt)   
n.  

    1. Fish sperm, including the seminal fluid.

    2. The reproductive glands of male fishes when filled with this fluid.

  2. The spleen of certain vertebrate animals, such as cows or pigs.

tr.v.   milt·ed, milt·ing, milts
To fertilize (fish roe) with milt.

[Middle English, roe, spleen, partly from Middle Dutch milte and partly from Old English milte, spleen; see mel-1 in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

melt 
O.E. meltan "become liquid" (class III strong verb; past tense mealt, pp. molten), from P.Gmc. *meltanan; fused with O.E. gemæltan (Anglian), gemyltan (W.Saxon) "make liquid," from P.Gmc. *gamaltijanan (cf. O.N. melta "to digest"), both from PIE *meld- "softness" (cf. Gk. meldein "to melt," L. mollis "soft, mild"). Meltdown is from 1965 in reference to a nuclear reactor; metaphoric extension since early 1980s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: milt
Pronunciation: 'milt
Function: noun
: the sperm-containing fluid of a male fish
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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