| 释义 |
samlet|ˈsæmlɪt|
[Contracted f. salmon1 + -let. Cf. the earlier salmonet.]
A young salmon.
1655Walton Angler vii. (1661) 135 [There they leave the spawn] to become Samlets early in the spring next following. a1672Willughby Hist. Pisc. iv. iv. §11. 192 Salmulus, Herefordiæ Samlet dictus. 1742R. Cornes in Phil. Trans. XLII. 129 What goes here by the Name of Samlet, a small Fish spotted with Red, not much unlike the Trout. 1769Pennant Zool. III. 253 The samlet is the lest of the trout kind. 1787Best Angling (ed. 2) 34 They commonly spawn in October, and the young become samlets the following year. 1834Medwin Angler in Wales I. 62 They are called indifferently, samlets, par, last spring, or fingerlings. 1884Braithwaite Salmonidæ Westmld. v. 18 The samlets have in the fresh water been content with small worms [etc.]. |