Definition of trout

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Trout (n.) Any one of numerous species of fishes belonging to Salmo, Salvelinus, and allied genera of the family Salmonidae. They are highly esteemed as game fishes and for the quality of their flesh. All the species breed in fresh water, but after spawning many of them descend to the sea if they have an opportunity..

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Sea Trout :: Sea trout () Any one of several species of true trouts which descend rivers and enter the sea after spawning, as the European bull trout and salmon trout, and the eastern American spotted trout..
Strove :: Strout (v. t.) To cause to project or swell out; to enlarge affectedly; to strut.
Troutling :: Troutling (n.) A little trout; a troutlet.
Oquassa :: Oquassa (n.) A small, handsome trout (Salvelinus oquassa), found in some of the lakes in Maine; -- called also blueback trout..
Golet :: Golet (n.) A California trout. See Malma.
Charr :: Charr (n.) One of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus, allied to the spotted trout and salmon, inhabiting deep lakes in mountainous regions in Europe. In the United States, the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is sometimes called a char..
Skirling :: Skirling (n.) A small trout or salmon; -- a name used loosely.
Salmonoid :: Salmonoid (a.) Like, or pertaining to, the Salmonidae, a family of fishes including the trout and salmon..
Strout :: Strout (v. i.) To swell; to puff out; to project.
Truttaceous :: Truttaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a trout; as, fish of the truttaceous kind..
Trout :: Trout (n.) Any one of several species of marine fishes more or less resembling a trout in appearance or habits, but not belonging to the same family, especially the California rock trouts, the common squeteague, and the southern, or spotted, squeteague; -- called also salt-water trout, sea trout, shad trout, and gray trout. See Squeteague, and Rock trout under Rock..
Sea Trout :: Sea trout () The common squeteague, and the spotted squeteague..
Namaycush :: Namaycush (n.) A large North American lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush). It is usually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over forty pounds. Called also Mackinaw trout, lake trout, lake salmon, salmon trout, togue, and tuladi..
Sewen :: Sewen (n.) A British trout usually regarded as a variety (var. Cambricus) of the salmon trout.
Trout-colored :: Trout-colored (a.) White, with spots of black, bay, or sorrel; as, a trout-colored horse..
Troutbird :: Troutbird (n.) The American golden plover.
Malma :: Malma (n.) A spotted trout (Salvelinus malma), inhabiting Northern America, west of the Rocky Mountains; -- called also Dolly Varden trout, bull trout, red-spotted trout, and golet..
Troutlet :: Troutlet (n.) A little trout; a troutling.
Grayling :: Grayling (a.) A European fish (Thymallus vulgaris), allied to the trout, but having a very broad dorsal fin; -- called also umber. It inhabits cold mountain streams, and is valued as a game fish..
Yellowfish :: Yellowfish (n.) A rock trout (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) found on the coast of Alaska; -- called also striped fish, and Atka mackerel..
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