milt
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thumb|Collecting Chinook salmon milt at a [[USFWS hatchery]]
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thumb|Collecting Chinook salmon milt at a [[USFWS hatchery]]
Milt is the seminal fluid of fish, mollusks, and certain other water-dwelling animals. They reproduce by spraying this fluid, which contains the sperm, onto roe (fish eggs). It can also refer to the sperm sacs or testes that contain the semen.
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