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
“Green” means that the fish could produce milt or eggs, but the biologists are unsure.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 24, 2017
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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
One morning, hours before the arctic dawn broke, I accompanied Olafsson to the plant where he obtains his milt.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2011
Sperm oil properly means "seed oil," from the notion that it was spawn or milt of a whale.
From The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference by Triemens, Joseph