bull trout
Americannoun
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a char, Salvelinus confluentus, formerly considered the same species as Dolly Varden but later reclassified.
noun
Etymology
Origin of bull trout
First recorded in 1645–55
Example Sentences
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Entire species, including whitebark pine and the native bull trout, have diminished, harming ecosystems that rely upon them.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2023
Forest Service fish biologist in Corvallis, Oregon, has modeled danger that fire poses to spring Chinook salmon and bull trout in Washington’s Wenatchee River system feeding the Columbia River.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2022
“We have very sustainable cutthroat and bull trout populations thanks to the pristine, intact watersheds in the upper Kootenay region,” said Heather Lamson, a fisheries biologist with the British Columbia Ministry of Forests.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2022
They said the amendment would impact threatened or endangered fish species such as bull trout, steelhead, three types of sucker fish, and Chinook and sockeye salmon.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2022
There is also in Northumberland a trout called a bull trout, of a much greater length and bigness than any in the southern parts.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)
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