sea trout

noun

any of various species of trout inhabiting salt water, as the salmon trout, Salmo trutta.

any of several fishes of the genus Cynoscion.

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Origin of sea trout

First recorded in 1735–45

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Examples from the Web for sea trout

He also thinks the sea-trout, until they attain the weight of two pounds, more slender in form.
Fishing With The Fly|Charles F. Orvis and Others
But if the weather has been at all favourable to the fish running, the month of June sees the sea-trout fishing fairly commenced.
Scotch Loch-Fishing|AKA Black Palmer, William Senior
On that day two rods caught thirty-nine sea-trout, weighing forty pounds.
Angling Sketches|Andrew Lang
The humour of the situation is that I have only the very lightest tackle, she said; for I came out after sea-trout.
The House of Defence v. 1|E. F. Benson

I have seen thousands of Pacific salmon stopped hopelessly by a fall which would not hinder a small European sea-trout.
Fishing in British Columbia|Thomas Wilson Lambert

British Dictionary definitions for sea trout

sea trout

noun

a silvery marine variety of the brown trout that migrates to fresh water to spawnCompare brown trout

any of several marine sciaenid fishes of the genus Cynoscion, such as C. nebulosus (spotted sea trout) and the weakfish, of North American coastal waters

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sea trout

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