parr

Meaning

Noun

• Young salmon, at a stage between fry and smolt when they feed chiefly on invertebrates but cannot tolerate saltwater.
• A young leveret.

Origin

• Compare Scottish Gaelic bradan ("salmon").
• For the salmon life stage, the word originates from the old english parren (to enclose), refering to the spots running along the side of the fish, resembling the bars of a fence .