[a. Fr. alevin, according to Littré for *alevain, f. OFr. alever to rear:—L. adlevāre, f. ad to + levāre to raise; like nourrain from nourrir.] Young fish, fry.
1868. Peard, Water-farm., vii. 75. The havoc committed on the eggs, and alevins.
1882. F. Francis, in Good Words, Sept., 603/2. You can hardly, perhaps, get a worse pest into your hatching-boxes, amongst your trout and salmon eggs, or alevins, than a dozen or so of May-fly larvæ.
