sea trout

[ see-trout ]

noun

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.
any of several fishes of the genus Cynoscion.

Origin of sea trout

First recorded in 1735–45

Words Nearby sea trout

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How to use sea trout in a sentence

Over on the Gulf, you can cast for sea trout or redfish from a kayak.
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On that day two rods caught thirty-nine sea-trout, weighing forty pounds.
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The local sportsmen in their wisdom periodically look for the run of silver sea-trout, and keep their secret.
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This is a favourite device of sea trout, which are very apt to ‘flasker’ on the top of the water.
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Trout and sewin (a local species of sea-trout) are also plentiful, so that the Teifi is much frequented by anglers.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 | Various

There were no boats on the lochs, but I had hoped to find sea trout in the tail of the streams.
Sport in Vancouver and Newfoundland | John Rogers

British Dictionary definitions for sea trout

sea trout

noun

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