rainbow trout


noun
  1. a trout, Salmo gairdnerii, native in the coastal waters and streams from Baja California to Alaska, used as a food and game fish.

Origin of rainbow trout

1
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

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British Dictionary definitions for rainbow trout

rainbow trout

noun
  1. a freshwater trout of North American origin, Salmo gairdneri, having a body marked with many black spots and two longitudinal red stripes

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