brook trout

American  

noun

1. Also called speckled trout.  a common trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, of eastern North America.

2. brown trout.

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brook trout British  

noun

1. Also called: speckled trout.  a North American freshwater trout, Salvelinus fontinalis , introduced in Europe and valued as a food and game fish

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Etymology

Origin of brook trout

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

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• splake vs. brook trout

Example Sentences

Recent research has found 6PPD-quinone to be similarly lethal to other fish species, including brook trout, rainbow trout, chinook salmon, and white-spotted char.

From Slate • Nov. 9, 2023

Climate change is especially worrisome for cutthroat trout, which unlike brown, rainbow and brook trout are native to the Rockies, according to Neville.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2021

And then, on his way back to his car, on the third-to-last hole, on the very last day, he got his fish: a brook trout about six inches long.

From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2021

Now fish have returned in droves: Atlantic salmon, alewives, baby eels, shad and brook trout, to name a few.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2020

In the summertime, when business slowed down, Dusty would head out to Colorado and work at a dude ranch, taking tourists into the mountains for brook trout.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen