fingerling

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  1. noun A young or small fish, especially a young salmon or trout.

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  • Slideshow: 'Locavores' Dine on Regional Chow @import "/css/slideshow.css"; MULTIMEDIA Email to a Friend Print Image 1 of 6 Lifestyle   Slideshow: 'Locavores' Dine on Regional Chow See related story: 'Locavores' Dine on Regional Chow 11.21.06 Many fingerling, crescent and nugget potatoes from local farms are on offer at a New York City Greenmarket. —  Slideshow: 'Locavores' Dine on Regional Chow
  • Another 206 trout were legal-sized fish planted last spring and just 14 trout were from the fingerling release. —  MailTribune.com Latest Headlines
  • "The fall fingerling really contribute to the fishery." —  MailTribune.com Latest Headlines
  • "One reason we're not stocking legal and trophy fish is to monitor how a fingerling-only stocking does," said Jackson. —  News Review - Top Stories
  • Andrew used fingerling potatoes to look like gnarly fingers. —  Victorville Daily Press :
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  1. Cf. Middle English fingerling, fyngyrlynge (= Dutch vingerling = Middle Low German vingerlink = German fingerling, a finger-stall, Middle High German vingerlinc, a ring); from finger + diminutive -ling.
 

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/ˈfɪŋgərlɪŋ/
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