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MILT [2 records]

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Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
  • Fish
  • Cooking and Gastronomy
DEF

... the male genitalia of fish when they contain sperm, used as food.

CONT

Soft roes can be poached or sautéed and are sometimes served as hors d'oeuvres or light entrées. [Male] fish roes especially prized are those of herring, mackerel, salmon, shad, and sole.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits de mer et d'eau douce (Industr. alim.)
  • Poissons
  • Cuisine et gastronomie
DEF

[...] sécrétion des glandes génitales des poissons mâles qui se présente dans une poche blanche et molle.

CONT

[Dans la cuisine, on] utilise surtout les laitances de hareng, de maquereau, de mulet, de saumon, de truite et de carpe.

OBS

laitance : désignation normalisée par l'Office québécois de la langue française en 1990.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marine Biology
  • Fish
  • Aquaculture
DEF

The sperm plus the seminal fluid [of male fish, that] is characteristically grayish-white or cream colored.

CONT

... milt was expressed directly from three or more ripe males as needed to fertilize each batch of eggs, or collected prior to fertilization and assessed using a microscope for viability near the time of fertilization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie marine
  • Poissons
  • Aquaculture
DEF

Substance blanche et dense, d'aspect laiteux, émise par les poissons mâles lors de la fécondation externe et renfermant les spermatozoïdes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología Marina
  • Peces
  • Acuicultura
DEF

Líquido seminal de los peces.

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