C19: from French, from Old French alever to rear (young), from Latin levāre to raise
Examples of 'alevin' in a sentence
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In both cases, spawning resulted in an alevin net number of 141 and 101, respectively.
Gustavo A Lenis, Luis F Restrepo, Juan C Rivera J, Fabián Monsalve, Pablo E Cruz-Casallas 2009, 'Reproducción inducida y producción de alevinos de Sabaleta Brycon henni: determinacióndel tiempo de latencia utilizando extracto de hipófisis de carpa Reprodução induzidae produção de alevinos da Sabaleta Brycon henni: determinação do tempo de latênciautilizando Extrato de Hipófise de Carpa Induced breeding and production of fingerlingsof Sabaleta Brycon henni: Determining the time of latency using Carp Pituitary Extract',Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Pecuariashttp://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0120-06902009000200004. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Alevin length prior to exogenous feeding was positively related to egg size.
Monica Favnebøe Solberg, Per Gunnar Fjelldal, Frank Nilsen, Kevin Alan Glover 2014, 'Hatching time and alevin growth prior to the onset of exogenous feeding in farmed,wild and hybrid Norwegian Atlantic salmon.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4249964?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These formations disappear suddenly when larvas attain their phase of alevin.
P. de Azevedo, M. Vianna Dias, B. Borges Vieira 1938, 'Biologia do saguirú (Characidae, Curimatinae)', Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761938000400005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
1421 eggs were extracted, with a survival of 28% from embryo to larva; and 35.7% from larva to alevin.
Gustavo A Lenis, Luis F Restrepo, Juan C Rivera J, Fabián Monsalve, Pablo E Cruz-Casallas 2009, 'Reproducción inducida y producción de alevinos de Sabaleta Brycon henni: determinacióndel tiempo de latencia utilizando extracto de hipófisis de carpa Reprodução induzidae produção de alevinos da Sabaleta Brycon henni: determinação do tempo de latênciautilizando Extrato de Hipófise de Carpa Induced breeding and production of fingerlingsof Sabaleta Brycon henni: Determining the time of latency using Carp Pituitary Extract',Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Pecuariashttp://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0120-06902009000200004. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)