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steel⋅head

  [steel-hed]
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–noun, plural -heads, (especially collectively) -head.
a silvery rainbow trout that migrates to the sea before returning to fresh water to spawn.
Origin:
1580–90; steel + head
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steel·head   (stēl'hěd')   
n.  The anadromous variety of the rainbow trout, having silvery, unstriped sides.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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