Definition of smolt
:a young salmon or sea trout about two years old that is at the stage of development when it assumes the silvery color of the adult and is ready to migrate to the sea
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Nearly twice that many have gone to Ship Creek, an annual average of 256,000 silver smolt over the last five years.
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Striper fishing was good last week after steelhead smolts were released at Discovery.
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A pump failure caused thousands of king salmon smolts to die last week at the Feather River Hatchery.
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Origin and Etymology of smolt
Middle English (Scots)
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