Common name | Morue langue |
Language | French |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | France |
Locality | |
Ref. | Cohen, D.M., T. Inada, T. Iwamoto and N. Scialabba, 1990 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | |
1st modifier | |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'Morue' (variant 'molue') of obscure origins; maybe from Celt 'mer'; and Old French 'luz' from Old Latin 'lucius' (p. 477 in Ref. 9404, see also 'gade' and 'brochet'); 'langue', i.e., tongue, from Latin 'lingua' (p. 414 in Ref. 9404). |