bull trout

noun

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Origin of bull trout

First recorded in 1645–55

Words nearby bull trout

bull snake, bull stretcher, bull terrier, bull thistle, bull tongue, bull trout, bull wheel, bull's nose, bull's wool, bull's-eye, bull's-eye mirror

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Example sentences from the Web for bull trout

Salmon and bull-trout, sea-trout, and finnocks divide their time between fresh water and salt water.
Gairloch In North-West Ross-Shire|John H. Dixon, F.S.A. Scot
The bull-trout, for some obscure reason, is not at all responsive to his efforts, except in its kelt stage.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1|Various
Now a bull-trout has teeth, and held in a vise-like grip in the teeth of this one was a smaller trout.
Tenting To-night|Mary Roberts Rinehart
But it is the bull-trout which falls victim, as a rule, to the troll.
Tenting To-night|Mary Roberts Rinehart

They have been down all the morning at the pool where the alder is, trying to catch that bull-trout.'
Echoes of the War|J. M. Barrie

British Dictionary definitions for bull trout

bull trout

noun

any large trout, esp the salmon trout

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