cutthroat trout

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noun

a spotted trout, Salmo clarkii, of coastal streams of western North America, having a reddish streak on each side of the throat.

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Origin of cutthroat trout

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95

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How to use cutthroat trout in a sentence

The Snake River curves around some of the most iconic views of the Tetons, so you’ll be hard-pressed to find a more scenic place to fly-fish for cutthroat trout.
15 National Park Fishing Spots to Add to Your Bucket List|kklein|September 30, 2021|Outside Online
One 2008 paper reviewed previous studies on hooking mortality and found that, across 50 states and dozens of species, mortalities could be more than 30 percent in red drum, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, and cutthroat trout.
COVID drove more people to go fishing, but at what cost?|Purbita Saha|June 23, 2021|Popular-Science
Together they caught cutthroat trout in Montana and Atlantic salmon in Canada’s Gaspé Peninsula.
Leigh H. Perkins, who built Orvis into an upscale sporting brand, dies at 93|Harrison Smith|May 13, 2021|Washington Post
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

It was a cutthroat move from investors, hard-pressed to turn a profit on a film that was a domestic disappointment.
David Vs. Goliath in the Age of Video on Demand|Teo Bugbee|September 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The casting process for fashion shows is notoriously cutthroat and can be humiliating for young models.
Does Fashion Week Exploit Teen Models?|Jennifer Sky|September 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They ate stuffed turkey, caviar, fresh salmon, and smoked trout.
Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens|Jeff Campagna|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Dishes here are prepared with locally picked mushrooms, herbs, trout, and moles.
The Road to Cinco de Mayo|Tania Lara|May 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There was a tiny splash, a laugh, and the little greenheart rod flicked a trout high over his head.
Uncanny Tales|Various
I might have guessed that in some such cutthroat manner would your vaunt of winning me at the sword-point be accomplished.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
The captain had a hard story to tell, and he offered five hundred dollars to any one who would shoot this bloody cutthroat.
Motor Matt's "Century" Run|Stanley R. Matthews
At all events, it had the refreshing charm of novelty: there was the fishing, and the King's Warren trout stream was a good one.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Then Major Kinnaird strolled away with a trout-rod to a neighboring rapid, and Mrs. Kinnaird went to sleep in a hammock.
The Gold Trail|Harold Bindloss