This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own.

Arts & Entertainment

Word of the Day - fingerling

Words come and go in popularity based on YOUR choices to use them. Make words popular!

fingerling

/ˈfɪŋɡəlɪŋ/
noun
1 A salmon parr.
2 US A variety of potato having a pink, yellow, blue, or light tan skin and flesh.

Origin
Late Middle English (in the sense ‘finger of a glove’): from finger + -ling.

==========

Find out what's happening in Natickfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

There's a palindrome-like life cycle for salmon: egg, fry, parr (fingerling), a trip to the ocean and then back to a particular stream, where it's caught and fried for breakfast with some eggs. For
the complete cycle, the fish bust barely avoid being eaten by a bear.

Find out what's happening in Natickfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

The views expressed in this post are the author's own. Want to post on Patch?

More from Natick