Common name | Townsend's cusk eel |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | Micronesia |
Locality | |
Ref. | Myers, R.F., 1991 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | primary lexeme |
1st modifier | primary lexeme |
2nd modifier | person (eponym) |
Remarks | 'eel' from Middle English, 'ele', from Old English 'ael' and akin to Old High German, 'ãl' (Ref. 11978); 'cusk', probably alteration of tusk, a kind of codfish (Ref. 27888). Also Ref. 37816. |