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rainbow trout

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

Origin:
1880–85, Americanism
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rainbow trout  
n.  A freshwater food and game fish (Oncorhynchus mykiss) native to western North America, having a reddish longitudinal band and black spots.
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