splake
[ spleyk ]
noun,plural splakes, (especially collectively) splake.
the hybrid offspring of a lake trout and a brook trout.
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Origin of splake
1First recorded in 1950–55; sp(eckled trout) + lake (trout)
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British Dictionary definitions for splake
splake
/ (spleɪk) /
noun
a type of hybrid trout bred by Canadian zoologists
Origin of splake
1from sp (eckled) + lake (trout)
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