Common name of Ilisha megaloptera
 
Common name Alose à gros yeux
Language French
Type FAO
Official trade name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Country France
Locality
Ref. FAO-FIES, 2022
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st modifier morphology
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Alose' from Latin 'alausa' (Ref. 9404); 'à gros yeux', i.e., big eyes; 'gros', i.e., big, from Latin 'grossus', which is beyond the usual measure (Ref. 9404, 11853); 'yeux', plural of 'oeil', i.e., eye, from Latin 'oculum, -lus' (Ref. 9404). Also Ref. 171, 56807, 82178, 87040, 90062, 93840, 95632, 115257, 115257, 118272, 124692.
 
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