smolt

A young salmon when it becomes covered with silvery scales and first migrates from fresh water to the sea.

To become a smolt.

Smooth and shining.

A salmon in its second year, when it has lost its parr-marks and assumed its silvery scales; the stage of salmon-growth between the parr and the grilse. The smolt proceeds at once to the sea, and reappears in fresh water as the grilse.

A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color.

A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color.

Bright; serene.

Calm; fine; fair.

Smooth and shining.