[Dixonary] Rnd 1672 GERLIND Results

[Dodi Schultz]

>> Inquiring minds want to know what is the term for a salmon making its
>> first return from the sea. And is there a term for the 3rd, 4th ,
>> etc?

Actually, Mike, I was surprised to learn that there was a second. I thought
they came back once, spawned, and expired on the spot.

--Dodi

[Tim Lodge]

Dodi

While I can find lots of definitions of GERLIND using Google, they
all use exactly the same words as the Webster 1913 def that I used.
Nowhere could I find any additional information at all, except that
a small proportion of salmon drift out to sea again after spawning.

It's a strange word obviously describing a very limited phenomenon!

-- Tim L

--- In coryphaeus (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, Dodi Schultz <schultz@c...> wrote:
>
>
> >> Inquiring minds want to know what is the term for a salmon
making its
> >> first return from the sea. And is there a term for the 3rd,
4th ,
> >> etc?
>
> Actually, Mike, I was surprised to learn that there was a second.
I thought
> they came back once, spawned, and expired on the spot.
>
> --Dodi
>