Sprag: alternatives and connections

Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc.

Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).

The female salmon in the spawning season.

A salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) of the Columbia River and northward.

A young salmon; a grilse.

A young salmon or parr, in the stage in which it has transverse black bands, as if burned by a gridiron.

The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the…

The young of the cow, or of the Bovine family of quadrupeds. Also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hi…

A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.

A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a very young person,…

A young animal, esp. the young of the bear.

A young eel; a young conger or sea eel; -- called also elvene.

A young salmon. See Parr.

A young salmon after its first return from the sea.

A French girl or young married woman of the lower class; more frequently, a young working woman who is fond of gallantry.

To produce, as young, from an egg or eggs by incubation, or by artificial heat; to produce young from (eggs); as, the young when hatch…

A young salmon; a parr.

A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; -- so called because salmon after spawning were usually so cured, not being good whe…