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smoltification

smoltification noun: the series of physiological changes where juvenile salmonid fish adapt from living in fresh water to living in seawater.

Noun

smoltification (uncountable)

  1. The series of physiological changes where juvenile salmonid fish adapt from living in fresh water to living in seawater.

Origin of smoltification

From smolt + -ification.

Questions about smoltification

What does smoltification mean?
Smoltification means the series of physiological changes where juvenile salmonid fish adapt from living in fresh water to living in seawater.
What part of speech is smoltification?
Smoltification is a noun.

Words near smoltification in the dictionary

  1. smoller
  2. smollest
  3. Smollett
  4. Smollettian
  5. smolt
  6. smoltification
  7. smoltified
  8. smoltifies
  9. smoltify
  10. smoltifying
  11. smolting

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