Found 2 items, similar to trout.
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Definition: trout
trout
n 1: flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food
fishes
2: any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters
mostly smaller than typical salmons
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Trout
Trout
\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.
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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.
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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.
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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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