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Definition of Smolts
1. smolt [n] - See also: smolt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smolts
Literary usage of Smolts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curiosities of Natural History by Francis Trevelyan Buckland (1882)
"... been a great observer of the habits of salmon for many seasons, has a very
curious theory as to the way the smolts get through their seaward journey. ..."
2. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1886)
"To begin with names ; there are as many names for the young salmon as there are
opinions on their action. smolts, parr, pink ..."
3. The Journal of Jurisprudence by Law Library Microform Consortium (1870)
"The complaint is not for having in possession salmon (and unless when in a foul
state such is not an offence), but it is having in possession smolts or ..."
4. Salmon Problems by John William Willis Bund (1885)
"smolts. THE problems that surround the Salmon in his mature life are by no means
confined to that stage of his existence. Even in the parr state, ..."
5. An Angler's Paradise and how to Obtain it by J. J. Armistead (1898)
"... considered—Feeding of salmon—Migration—Experiments—smolts and grilse—The United
States—Salmon of Alaska—Alaskan and British salmon compared—Saprolegnia. ..."
6. The Salmon Fisheries by Charles Edward Fryer (1883)
"The smolts and the kippers were only the gleanings of the salmon harvest, the
bulk of which was gathered by others in the sea, and were all the return that ..."