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noun, plural (especially collectively) trout, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) trouts.
1.
any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon. Compare brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout.
2.
any of various game fishes of the salmon family of the genus Salvelinus. Compare brook trout (def. 1), char2, Dolly Varden (def. 4), lake trout.
3.
any of several unrelated fishes, as a bass, Micropterus salmoides, a drum of the genus Cynoscion, or a greenling of the genus Hexagrammos.
Origin:
before 1050; Middle English trou(h)te, Old English truht < Latin tructa < Greek trṓktēs gnawer, a sea fish, equivalent to trṓg(ein) to gnaw + -tēs agent noun suffix
before 1050; Middle English trou(h)te, Old English truht < Latin tructa < Greek trṓktēs gnawer, a sea fish, equivalent to trṓg(ein) to gnaw + -tēs agent noun suffix
Related forms
trout·less, adjective
trout·like, adjective
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Trout
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Example Sentences
- The first days of buck season and trout season are major holidays.
- Once a trout even tugged on my zipper on the back of my dry suit.
- Add rotisserie chicken or smoked trout and you can call it dinner.
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trout
O.E. truht "trout," in part from O.Fr. truite, both from L.L. tructa, perhaps from Gk. troktes "a kind of sea fish," lit. "nibbler," from trogein "to gnaw," from PIE base *tere- (see throw). In late 17c. slang, trusty trout was used in a sense of "confidential friend."
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