Dictionary - Definition of ALEVIN


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. Young fish; fry.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

"Alevin" is a common misspelling or typo for: alive, eleven, alleging, Levin, Alvin, laving, ale in, a Levin, olefin, alleviant.

Date "Alevin" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Alevin \Al"e*vin\, noun. [French expression alevin, Old French alever to rear, from the Latin expression ad levare to raise.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: ALEVIN

Domain	Definition
Energy	A young fish which has not yet absorbed its yolk sac. (references)
Environment	A young fish, especially a newly hatched salmon still attached to the yolk sac. (references)
Fisheries	1: Life-history stage of a salmonid immediately after hatching and before the yolk-sac is absorbed. Alevins usually remain buried in the gravel in or near a series of redds until the yolk sac is absorbed, after which they swim up and enter the water column. (references)
	2: Newly hatched salmon with the yolk sack still attached. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top

Specialty Expressions: ALEVIN

Expressions	Domain	Definition
Alevin (sac fry, yolk-sac fry)	Geology	In fisheries terminology, a larval salmonid that has hatched but has not fully absorbed its yolk sac, and generally has not yet emerged from the spawning gravel. Absorption of the yolk sac, the alevin's initial energy source, occurs as the larva develops its mouth, digestive tract and excretory organs and otherwise prepares to feed on natural prey. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.			Top


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. Young fish; fry.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

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Date "ALEVIN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Alevin \Al"e*vin\, noun. [French expression alevin, Old French alever to rear, from the Latin expression ad levare to raise.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: ALEVIN

Domain	Definition
Energy	A young fish which has not yet absorbed its yolk sac. (references)
Environment	A young fish, especially a newly hatched salmon still attached to the yolk sac. (references)
Fisheries	1: Life-history stage of a salmonid immediately after hatching and before the yolk-sac is absorbed. Alevins usually remain buried in the gravel in or near a series of redds until the yolk sac is absorbed, after which they swim up and enter the water column. (references)
	2: Newly hatched salmon with the yolk sack still attached. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top

Specialty Expressions: ALEVIN

Expressions	Domain	Definition
Alevin (sac fry, yolk-sac fry)	Geology	In fisheries terminology, a larval salmonid that has hatched but has not fully absorbed its yolk sac, and generally has not yet emerged from the spawning gravel. Absorption of the yolk sac, the alevin's initial energy source, occurs as the larva develops its mouth, digestive tract and excretory organs and otherwise prepares to feed on natural prey. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.			Top