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Dolly Varden trout
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Etymology
Named after Dolly Varden, a character in Barnaby Rudge, a novel by Charles Dickens, and the 19th-century woman's outfit of the same name. For more information, see Dolly Varden trout#Origin of common name "Dolly Varden"
Noun
* Dolly Varden trout
A salmonid fish, Salvelinus malma species, native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America.
en Dolly Varden Dolly
Translations
Salvelinus malma
Ahtna: aht tsʼengastlaeggi
Aleut: ale qaadas
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 花羔紅點鮭
Dena'ina: tfn łiqʼa kʼqen, tfn qakʼelay, tfn telchʼeli
German: de Dolly-Varden-Forelle f
Korean: ko 곤들매기
Lower Tanana: taa neltwna
Nuxalk: blc kwatasyan
Polish: pl malma f
Russian: ru мальма f
en terms derived from Dickensian works
en Salmonids
en eponyms