Dolly Varden trout

English

Etymology

Named after Dolly Varden, a character in Barnaby Rudge, a novel by Charles Dickens, and the 19th-century woman's outfit of the same name. For more information, see Dolly Varden trout on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Noun

Dolly Varden trout (plural Dolly Varden trout)

A salmonid fish, Salvelinus malma, native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America.
Synonyms: Dolly Varden, Dolly

Translations

Salvelinus malma

Aleut: qaadas
Chinese:
Mandarin: 花羔紅點鮭／花羔红点鲑
German: Dolly-Varden-Forelle f
Korean: 곤들매기 (gondeulmaegi)
Russian: мальма (ru) f (malʹma)

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