milt
/mɪlt/
noun
- The reproductive glands or sperm of a male fish, especially when used as food or in fertilization.
- The chef prepared a dish using fresh milt from salmon.
- Milt is sometimes called soft roe and is eaten in many cultures.
- Fish farmers collect milt to fertilize eggs in hatcheries.
verb
- To extract or release milt from a male fish, typically for artificial fertilization.
- They milt the males before returning them to the tank.
- Workers carefully milt the fish to ensure the eggs are fertilized.
- The biologist learned how to milt the trout during the spawning season.