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steelhead

[ steel-hed ]

noun

, plural steel·heads, (especially collectively) steel·head.
  1. a silvery rainbow trout that migrates to the sea before returning to fresh water to spawn.


steelhead

/ ˈstiːlˌhɛd /

noun

  1. a silvery North Pacific variety of the rainbow trout ( Salmo gairdneri )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of steelhead1

First recorded in 1580–90; steel + head
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Example Sentences

For the first time in 54 years, Barbara Brown won’t be fishing for summer-run steelhead on the Grande Ronde River in southwest Washington State.

In fact, most studies estimate the direct lethal effects of that manner of fishing on steelhead to be around 10 percent.

Unlike any of my bank-account passwords, the feeling of a steelhead grabbing my swung fly and immediately launching itself airborne cannot and will never be forgotten.

I am finished letting my ego write checks that wild steelhead can’t cash.

More than $17 billion spent to restore salmon and steelhead in the Snake River and its tributaries in the Pacific Northwest has largely fallen short, he said.

The other claim that the larger scales of the rainbow is a distinguishing feature from the steelhead is not founded on facts.

As a game fish the steelhead enjoys a high reputation in the Pacific States.

There is no more beautiful thing in the wilderness world than a steelhead trout in action.

The Rogue and the Umpqua flooded and the great steelhead began to ascend their smaller tributaries.

Steelhead and German brown trout will also be found in the river.

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