parr
/pɑr/
noun
- A young salmon or trout that has dark vertical bars on its sides, living in freshwater before migrating to the sea.
- After two years as a parr, the young salmon will transform into a smolt and head to the ocean.
- The biologist studied the parr in the river to assess the health of the salmon population.
- Parr are easily identified by the dark stripes along their bodies.