sea trout
Americannoun
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Also called truff. Also called bull trout. any of various species of trout inhabiting salt water, such as the salmon trout, Salmo trutta.
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any of several fishes of the genus Cynoscion.
noun
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a silvery marine variety of the brown trout that migrates to fresh water to spawn Compare brown trout
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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
Etymology
Origin of sea trout
First recorded in 1735–45
Example Sentences
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A recent independent U.K. report on the nuclear sector found it would spare the lives of 0.028 sea trout, six river lamprey, 18 allis shad and 528 twaite shad every year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
It’s important that we can speak to why we are not serving flounder and have speckled sea trout instead.
From Salon • Aug. 20, 2024
John Maas spent years buying and outfitting a 17-foot aluminum boat called the Superskiff 1 so he could take customers fishing for sea trout and flounder in the Gulf of Mexico.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2024
In one case, sea trout were found dead on the River Wear in north-east England, he said.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2023
"I'm almost tempted to pay them another call tomorrow to ask if they have captured for posterity the hunting cry of the wild sea trout, or the love song of the gay sardine."
From The Wailing Octopus by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
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