milt
1
9.9
- noun
- /mɪlt/
- Specialized
- As spring approached, the river was filled with fish releasing milt and eggs in a spectacular display.
- milt and eggs
- release milt
- males released milt
Examples
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Butter-fried herring milts are a surprise hit too and taste so strong they must be amazingly healthy!
Blog text (28) -
They drop that pike's milt into this lake.
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Once found, the males release milt, the milky white sperm that signals the school to follow.
Academic text (2003) -
Opakapaka caught during this time were in spawning condition; some females released eggs and males released milt.
Academic text (1993) -
Brief season of red and spawn when brook trout and chill quick shallows once dug into gravel to let nested eggs mix with milt and turn pearls.
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During the spawning season, male fish expel milt into the water to fertilize the female's eggs.
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The biologist collected milt from several male trout for the study of fish reproduction.
Synonyms
3
8.7
Thick white fluid that comes from a man's penis and contains sperm
3
7.1
One of the two male glands that make sperm and the hormone testosterone
A soft, creamy part of a fish that holds sperm and people eat
Surface Forms
Etymology
Milt comes from an old English word for 'soft inner parts' or organs, so it was used for the sperm-filled gland or milky fluid of a male fish. A helpful way to remember it is that milt sounds like 'milk', which brings to mind a soft, milky liquid and so links to the fish's reproductive fluid.