Milt Definition
mĭlt
milt
noun
The reproductive glands of male fishes, esp. when filled with germ cells and the milky fluid containing them.
Webster's New World
Such cells and fluid; fish sperm.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
To fertilize (fish roe) with milt.
Webster's New World
adjective
Breeding.
Webster's New World
Origin of Milt
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From Old English milte, milt (“milt, spleen"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, weaken"). Cognate to German Milz, Dutch milt, Danish milt, Norwegian milt, Swedish mjölke. Outside Germanic, with Albanian mëlçi (“liver").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English spleen, milt probably partly from Middle Dutch milte spleen, milt and partly from Old English milte spleen mel-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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