milter

Variant of milt

milt definition

milt (milt)

noun

  1. the reproductive glands of male fishes, esp. when filled with germ cells and the milky fluid containing them
  2. such cells and fluid; fish sperm

Etymology: ME milte, prob. < Scand (as in Norw milt, mjelte), altered (infl. by ON milti, spleen) < base of ON mjolk, milk

adjective

breeding: said of male fishes

transitive verb

to fertilize (fish roe) with milt

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