laspring
A dialect name for a smolt — the juvenile stage of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) when it undergoes physiological changes (smoltification) to prepare for migration from freshwater to the sea.
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A dialect name for a smolt — the juvenile stage of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) when it undergoes physiological changes (smoltification) to prepare for migration from freshwater to the sea. 'Laspring' appears in northern English and Scottish dialect glossaries; the 'spring' element may refer to the season when smolts run downstream.
The boys were warned not to net the laspring in April when they were running down to the estuary.
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(UK, dialect, obsolete) A smolt, or young salmon.
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