salmon trout

noun

a European trout, Salmo trutta.
the lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush.
the steelhead.

any large trout.

Origin of salmon trout

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

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Examples from the Web for salmon trout

Historical Examples

There is in the rivers another fish called the salmon-trout.
In Search of a Siberian Klondike
Homer B. Hulbert
Boil a salmon-trout, and serve with sauce Hollandaise (Art. 85).
French Dishes for American Tables
Pierre Caron
Come, you have asked me the word for salmon in Welsh, I will now ask you the word for salmon-trout.
Wild Wales
George Borrow
A tinker of my country can tell you that,” said I. “The word for salmon-trout is gleisiad.
Wild Wales
George Borrow
For weeks I had arisen every morning to a breakfast of salmon-trout.
The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems
Frances Fuller Victor

British Dictionary definitions for salmon trout

salmon trout

noun

any of various large trout, esp the sea trout

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Examples from the Web for salmon trout

Historical Examples

There is in the rivers another fish called the salmon-trout.

Boil a salmon-trout, and serve with sauce Hollandaise (Art. 85).

Come, you have asked me the word for salmon in Welsh, I will now ask you the word for salmon-trout.

A tinker of my country can tell you that,” said I. “The word for salmon-trout is gleisiad.

For weeks I had arisen every morning to a breakfast of salmon-trout.

salmon trout

Origin of salmon trout