rainbow trout

noun

a trout, Salmo gairdnerii, native in the coastal waters and streams from Baja California to Alaska, used as a food and game fish.

rainbow trout

a freshwater trout of North American origin, Salmo gairdneri , having a body marked with many black spots and two longitudinal red stripes

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

When he wasn't fishing for rainbow trout he was sleeping in his cellars.

The only living things she saw were rainbow trout that Glenn pointed out to her in the beautiful clear pools.

The biggest rainbow trout caught in the Kootenay this summer; so the Nelson fishermen aver!

The golden carp, however, the perch, and the rainbow trout take readily to New Zealand.

With the exception of the rainbow trout, they are all autumn-spawning fishes, and their eggs hatch early in the spring.

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