Common name of Hypomesus olidus
 
Common name Éperlan à petite bouche
Language French
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Canada
Locality
Ref. McAllister, D.E., V. Legendre and J.G. Hunter, 1987
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st modifier morphology
2nd modifier
Remarks 'éperlan' from Middle Dutch 'spierlinc' (p.269, Ref. 9404); 'à petite bouche', i.e., small mouthed; 'petite', i.e., small, from Latin slang 'pittittus, pititus, pitt', i.e., infant language expressing smallness and from Italian 'piccolo' (p. 557 in Ref. 9404); 'bouche' from Latin 'bucca', i.e., cheek, jaw or mouth, (p. 99 in Ref. 9404).
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