smolt
noun
ˈsmōlt 
: a young salmon or sea trout about two years old that is at the stage of development when it assumes the silvery color of the adult and is ready to migrate to the sea
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Decades later, ocean warming from climate change appears to be recreating those same conditions that limit food supply in the sea, just as billions more smolt are poured into it annually. 
Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Sep. 2021 Federal scientists are monitoring this year’s cohort to see how well the smolt survive the 352-mile journey from the base of Shasta Dam to the Golden Gate by attaching acoustic tags to hundreds of hatchery fish. Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2022 Each spring, the sockeye smolt swam unimpeded to the sea for the cycle to begin anew. Author: Richard Read, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2021 Becky Johnson, production division director for the tribe’s Fishery Resource Management, was there when nearly 500,000 smolt were released into the Lostine River in 2017. oregonlive, 7 Dec. 2021 Each spring, the sockeye smolt swam unimpeded to the sea for the cycle to begin anew. Author: Richard Read, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2021 Each spring, the sockeye smolt swam unimpeded to the sea for the cycle to begin anew. Author: Richard Read, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2021 Each spring, the sockeye smolt swam unimpeded to the sea for the cycle to begin anew. Author: Richard Read, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2021 Staff then released the 580,000 chinook salmon smolt into the creek. Emily Mesner, Anchorage Daily News, 17 June 2021 See More
Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Sep. 2021 Federal scientists are monitoring this year’s cohort to see how well the smolt survive the 352-mile journey from the base of Shasta Dam to the Golden Gate by attaching acoustic tags to hundreds of hatchery fish. Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2022 Each spring, the sockeye smolt swam unimpeded to the sea for the cycle to begin anew. Author: Richard Read, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2021 Becky Johnson, production division director for the tribe’s Fishery Resource Management, was there when nearly 500,000 smolt were released into the Lostine River in 2017. oregonlive, 7 Dec. 2021 Each spring, the sockeye smolt swam unimpeded to the sea for the cycle to begin anew. Author: Richard Read, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2021 Each spring, the sockeye smolt swam unimpeded to the sea for the cycle to begin anew. Author: Richard Read, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2021 Each spring, the sockeye smolt swam unimpeded to the sea for the cycle to begin anew. Author: Richard Read, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2021 Staff then released the 580,000 chinook salmon smolt into the creek. Emily Mesner, Anchorage Daily News, 17 June 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English (Scots)
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above