English Explanatory Dictionary

smoltification

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The series of physiological changes where juvenile salmonid fish adapt from living in fresh water to living in seawater.

Word forms

smoltification

Etymology

From smolt + -ification.

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