Juvenile river fish
Parrs is the plural of parr, a young salmon or trout at the stage between hatching and becoming a smolt.
At this stage, the fish displays distinctive dark vertical markings called parr marks along its sides: The stream was full of parrs darting between the rocks.
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Juvenile river fish
Parrs is the plural of parr, a young salmon or trout at the stage between hatching and becoming a smolt.
At this stage, the fish displays distinctive dark vertical markings called parr marks along its sides: The stream was full of parrs darting between the rocks.
1. salmon — juvenile, Young person or animal; smolt (Salmon ready for saltwater); fry (Cook in hot fat); fingerling (Immature fish, hatchery-sized); alevin · Atlantic · Pacific · hatchery · spawning · river · stream · freshwater · migration · lifecycle
DEVELOPMENTAL STAGEparrs ≠ smolts Juvenile salmon seeking saltwater; adults · spawners · alevin · fry · grilse
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Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/parrs