samlet

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UK/ˈsamlət/

noun

A young salmon.

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Meanings

nounsamlet (plural samlets)

plural samlets

  1. A young salmon.

    Demon popped into his mouth a last morsel of black bread with elastic samlet, gulped down a last pony of vodka and took his place at the table with Marina facing him across its oblong length.

    1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 193

Origin

Either a contraction of salmon + -let or a modification of earlier salmonet either on that basis or with dissimilation of /mn/ (as in chimley, a common dialectal form of chimney).

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metalsSlametMatselMastel
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APA

samlet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/samlet

MLA

“samlet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/samlet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “samlet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/samlet.

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