salmon trout

noun

a European trout, Salmo trutta.

the lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush.

the steelhead.

any large trout.

Words nearby salmon trout

salmon, salmon brick, salmon ladder, salmon pink, salmon river mountains, salmon trout, salmon wheel, salmonberry, salmond, salmonella, salmonella cholerae-suis

Origin of salmon trout

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

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Examples from the Web for salmon trout

In the spring-time the salmon-trout and sturgeon used to come up out of the lakes to feed, but they can't get up any more.
The Puddleford Papers,|H. H. Riley
Having chosen a favourable spot, scarcely a moment had passed before I hauled out a salmon-trout a pound or more in weight.
In the Rocky Mountains|W. H. G. Kingston
At Hopedale and Nain, however, salmon-trout are caught only in the summer.
Journal of a Voyage from Okkak, on the Coast of Labrador, to Ungava Bay, Westward of Cape Chudleigh|Benjamin Kohlmeister and George Kmoch
In Green River occurs a salmon-trout attaining a length of at least four feet.
The Romance of the Colorado River|Frederick S. Dellenbaugh

Almost the only fresh supplies obtained here were rock cod and salmon-trout from Disco fiord.
In the Arctic Seas|Francis Leopold McClintock

British Dictionary definitions for salmon trout

salmon trout

noun

any of various large trout, esp the sea trout

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