especially: a newly hatched salmon when still attached to the yolk sac
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe pictures range from aerial landscape shots to extreme closeups of things like the jaws and eyes of salmon, freshly hatched alevin, and roe. David James, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Jan. 2020
Word History
Etymology
French, from Old French, from alever to lift up, rear (offspring), from Latin allevare, from ad- + levare to raise — more at lever