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milt
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun milt has 2 senses
- milt(n = noun.food) soft roe - fish sperm or sperm-filled reproductive gland; having a creamy texture; Array is a kind of seafood
- milt(n = noun.animal) Array - seminal fluid produced by male fish; Array is a part of fish
is a kind of come, cum, ejaculate, seed, semen, seminal fluid
CIDE DICTIONARY
milt, n. [AS. milte; akin to D. milt, G. milz, OHG. milzi, Icel. milti, Dan. milt, Sw. mjälte, and prob. to E. malt, melt. Malt the grain.].
The spleen. [1913 Webster]
milt, n. [Akin to Dan. melk, Sw. mjölke, G. milch, and E. milk. See Milk.].
The spermatic fluid of fishes. [1913 Webster]
milt, v. t.
To impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
milt, n.
1 the spleen in mammals.
2 an analogous organ in other vertebrates.
3 a sperm-filled reproductive gland of a male fish.
1 the spleen in mammals.
2 an analogous organ in other vertebrates.
3 a sperm-filled reproductive gland of a male fish.
Etymology
OE milt(e) f. Gmc, perh. rel. to MELT
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