parr

Etymology
Compare 🇨🇬. For the salmon life stage, the word originates from the old English parren (“to enclose”), referring to the spots running along the side of the fish, resembling the bars of a fence.

Noun

 * 1) Young salmon, at a stage between fry and smolt when they feed chiefly on invertebrates but cannot tolerate saltwater.
 * 2) A young leveret.

Translations

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 * Scottish Gaelic: gille-ruadh