milt

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They grabbed fish, one after another, by the tail and slid them down a chute into the hatchery building, to be stripped of their eggs and milt.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2020

“Green” means that the fish could produce milt or eggs, but the biologists are unsure.

From Washington Times • Jun. 24, 2017

They’re so full of milt and roe that there’s no room in their stomachs for food.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 7, 2016

When monkfish season came to an end, he found another niche to capitalize on, codfish milt.

From New York Times • May 13, 2011

Cod spawn and milt float on the water's surface; the spawn of the herring sinks.

From The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle by Bradford, Charles Barker