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Definition: Dolly Varden trout
malma
\mal"ma\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
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.
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Dolly Varden
\Dol“ly Var”den\
1. A character in Dickens's novel
“Barnaby Rudge,” a
beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a
cherry-colored mantle and cherry-colored ribbons.
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2. A style of light, bright-figured dress goods for women;
also, a style of dress.
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Dolly Varden trout (Zo["o]l.), a trout of northwest
America; -- called also
bull trout,
malma, and
red-spotted trout. See
Malma.
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Bull trout
\Bull" trout`\ (Zo["o]l.)
(a) In England, a large salmon trout of several species, as
Salmo trutta and
Salmo Cambricus, which ascend
rivers; -- called also
sea trout.
(b)
Salvelinus malma of California and Oregon; -- called
also
Dolly Varden trout and
red-spotted trout.
(c) The huso or salmon of the Danube.
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