: a young fish
especially : a newly hatched salmon when still attached to the yolk sac

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The pictures range from aerial landscape shots to extreme closeups of things like the jaws and eyes of salmon, freshly hatched alevin, and roe. David James, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Jan. 2020

Word History

Etymology

French, from Old French, from alever to lift up, rear (offspring), from Latin allevare, from ad- + levare to raise — more at lever

First Known Use

1864, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of alevin was in 1864

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“Alevin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alevin. Accessed 29 Dec. 2024.

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