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moiva

1 substantive

EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 07.05.2024

Meanings

1
väike arktiliste merede parvekala

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  • Kaug-Idas on rannavööde mõnikord paljude kilomeetrite ulatuses kaetud murdlainete poolt väljauhutud moivade paksu kihiga.
1.1
moivaliha toiduna

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  • Suitsutatud moiva.

Terminological databases

EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 699720 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain fishing - fish breeding & aquaculture
  • a saltwater fish found in Arctic and subarctic waters of North America. In the Pacific it ranges southward to Washington and in the Atlantic south to Nova Scotia. It is abundant along Newfoundland, ranking in numbers with the common cod ... A slender-bodied fish, the capelin usually grows to a length of 7 to 9 inches (18 to 23 cm). It is covered with minute scales. Spawning males have two ridges of elongated scales on each side of the body. These ridges have a villous, or hairy, appearance ... The capelin, Mallotus villosus, belongs to the smelt family, Osmeridae, order Clupeiformes.
moiva
Mallotus villosus (capelin)
capelan
Lodde
villakuore

Word forms

Inflection Type 16

moiva moivad
moiva moivade
moivat moivasid

Etymology

laensõna
  • moiva
    • мойва 'moiva'
      • majvǎ 'kalamaim'
        • maiva 'rääbis' sõna maima 'kalamaim' variant

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