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Origin of bull trout

First recorded in 1645–55

Words nearby bull trout

bull stretcher, bull's wool, bull terrier, bull thistle, bull tongue, bull trout, bullwaddy, bullwhacker, bull wheel, bullwhip, bully

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How to use bull trout in a sentence

This beautiful and unruly valley, cradling the North Fork of the Flathead River, is where my grandfather gamboled in his youth, pulling bull trout large as limbs from pure waters, during an era when fires were extinguished on sight.
At Glacier’s Edge, the Flames Have Always Come for My Family Cabin|jversteegh|August 20, 2021|Outside Online
The cases he argued led to the listing of the bull trout—a char that haunts any angler who has thrown a line into the Blackfoot—as an endangered species.
Watching My Dad Die Changed My Life|Cascade Tuholske|May 20, 2021|Outside Online
Yes, the minor-league baseball player memorably portrayed by Kevin Costner in Bull Durham.
All The Wrong Reasons to Ban Gay Unions|Jay Michaelson|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He also said police intend to put their beloved family pet, a Staffordshire bull terrier named Excalibur, to sleep.
Ebola in Europe: What Went Wrong|Barbie Latza Nadeau|October 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Biden made many visits to Baghdad and no doubt get fed a load of bull about inclusion on each one.
Exposed: The White House’s Professor-in-Chief|Jonathan Alter|October 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Our foreign policy canoe is filled to the gunnels with catch-and-release trout armed with AK-47s.
My Coffee Klatch With Rand Paul|P. J. O’Rourke|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Like at Bull Run, when I am in the presence of those old family letters, I am transported.
How Gettysburg Did Not Unlock the Past|Laird Hunt|September 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The well-known "cock and bull" stories of small children are inspired by this love of strong effect.
Children's Ways|James Sully
I thought this young man was going to read us some of his poetry; it's too tiresome of him to stop to tell us about his bull-dog.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various
And I, for one, absolutely decline to believe in this preposterous story of his about a bull-dog.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various
Tom leaped on one side; the buffalo-bull turned short round and made another dash at him.
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne
Some who would face a mad bull coolly enough spring with disgust from a cockroach or a centipede.
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne

British Dictionary definitions for bull trout

bull trout

noun

any large trout, esp the salmon trout

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