parr

• Nom désignant un jeune saumon, généralement âgé de moins de deux ans, ou les alevins de divers autres poissons.

A noun referring to a young salmon, typically up to two years old, or the young of various other fishes.

1. C2formal

   A young salmon that is up to about two years old, before it migrates to the sea.

   Jeune saumon (tacon)

   • The river is full of parr during the spring months.
   • Biologists are studying the growth rate of salmon parr.
   • Parr can be distinguished by their distinctive dark vertical bars.

2. Young of various fishesC2formal

   The juvenile stage of various fish species, especially salmonids.

   Tacon (jeune saumon)

   • The parr of trout also have similar markings to salmon parr.
   • These fish are in their parr stage before they become smolts.
   • The parr feed on small insects and crustaceans in freshwater.