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parr

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Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
7
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/pɑː(ɹ)/

Definition of parr

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Young salmon, at a stage between fry and smolt when they feed chiefly on invertebrates but cannot tolerate saltwater.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Young salmon, at a stage between fry and smolt when they feed chiefly on invertebrates but cannot tolerate saltwater.

name

  1. A surname.
  2. A suburb, ward and historic township in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ5395).
  3. An unincorporated community in Union Township, Jasper County, Indiana, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States.

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Etymology

Compare Scottish Gaelic bradan (“salmon”). For the salmon life stage, the word originates from the Middle English parren (“to enclose”), referring to the spots running along the side of the fish, resembling the bars of a fence.

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