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

A ripe fish is at its peak spawning time, meaning it will have a viable amount of milt or eggs.

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

Traditionally, the practice entailed killing fertile salmon and hand-mixing eggs and male milt, or sperm, then raising the offspring packed in containers or pools.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2016

The changes in the internal organs, as found on post-mortem examinations, are briefly as follows: The spleen, or milt, is much larger than in healthy animals.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry