Definitions for alevins

alevins al·e·vin

Spelling: [al-uh-vuh n]
IPA: /ˈæl ə vən/

Alevins is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 290 anagrams from letters in alevins (aeilnsv).

Definitions for alevins

noun

  1. a fry, especially a salmon, whose yolk is depleted.

Origin of alevins

1865-70; French, Old French ≪ Vulgar Latin *allevamen, equivalent to Latin allevā(re) to lift up, raise (probably in Vulgar Latin: to bring up, rear; al- al- + levāre t

Examples for alevins

The alevin stage was that in which the fish give least trouble, the stage I am now describing is that in which they give most.

The alevin stage is the stage in which the least mortality should be expected, and the little fish give but little trouble.

Word Value for alevins
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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