About The Word Trout
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What's The Definition Of Trout?
[n] any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons
[n] flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food fishes Synonyms | Synonyms for Trout: Related Terms | Find terms related to Trout: See Also | brook trout | brown trout | fish | food fish | lake trout | rainbow trout | rainbow trout | Salmo gairdneri | Salmo trutta | salmon trout | salmon trout | salmonid | Salvelinus fontinalis | Salvelinus namaycush | sea trout | speckled trout Trout In Webster's Dictionary \Trout\ (trout), n. [AS. truht, L. tructa, tructus; akin
to Gr. trw`kths a sea fish with sharp teeth, fr. trw`gein to
gnaw.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of fishes belonging
to {Salmo}, {Salvelinus}, and allied genera of the family
{Salmonid[ae]}. 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.
Note: The most important European species are the river, or
brown, trout ({Salmo fario}), the salmon trout, and the
sewen. The most important American species are the
brook, speckled, or red-spotted, trout ({Salvelinus
fontinalis}) of the Northern United States and Canada;
the red-spotted trout, or Dolly Varden (see {Malma});
the lake trout (see {Namaycush}); the black-spotted,
mountain, or silver, trout ({Salmo purpuratus}); the
golden, or rainbow, trout (see under {Rainbow}); the
blueback trout (see {Oquassa}); and the salmon trout
(see under {Salmon}.) The European trout has been
introduced into America.
2. (Zo["o]l.) 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}.
{Trout perch} (Zo["o]l.), a small fresh-water American fish
({Percopsis guttatus}), allied to the trout, but
resembling a perch in its scales and mouth.
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