splake

[ spleyk ]

noun,plural splakes, (especially collectively) splake.
  1. the hybrid offspring of a lake trout and a brook trout.

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Origin of splake

1
First recorded in 1950–55; sp(eckled trout) + lake (trout)

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British Dictionary definitions for splake

splake

/ (spleɪk) /


noun
  1. a type of hybrid trout bred by Canadian zoologists

Origin of splake

1
from sp (eckled) + lake (trout)

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