sea trout

[ see-trout ]

noun
  1. Also called bull trout [bool-trout], /ˈbʊl ˌtraʊt/, truff . any of various species of trout inhabiting salt water, such as the salmon trout, Salmo trutta.

  2. any of several fishes of the genus Cynoscion.

Origin of sea trout

1
First recorded in 1735–45

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British Dictionary definitions for sea trout

sea trout

noun
  1. a silvery marine variety of the brown trout that migrates to fresh water to spawn: Compare brown trout

  2. 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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