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smolt

[smohlt]
–noun
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.

Origin:
1425–75; late ME; perh. akin to smelt 2
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smolt   (smōlt)   
n.  A young salmon at the stage intermediate between the parr and the grilse, when it becomes covered with silvery scales and first migrates from fresh water to the sea.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin smoltus, probably of Old English origin.]
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