salmon trout

American  

noun

1. a European trout, Salmo trutta.

2. the lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush.

3. the steelhead.

4. any large trout.

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salmon trout British  

noun

1. any of various large trout, esp the sea trout

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Etymology

Origin of salmon trout

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

Customers can opt for baited hooks to snag rainbow trout, salmon trout, fluke, shrimp, flounder, farmed striped bass, rockfish, lobster or abalone swimming in the pools.

From New York Times

Does a brook trout ever become a salmon trout?

From Project Gutenberg

In the most arresting version I had, salmon trout was gift-wrapped in a papery sheet of oboro kombu seaweed that looked like green marble.

From New York Times

Nearly all were brook trout, but two or three silvery salmon trout among them had struck quite as gamely.

From Project Gutenberg

It is of glassy transparency, of great depth, and abounds in mountain trout, salmon, and salmon trout.

From Project Gutenberg