trout

[ trout ]

/ traʊt /

noun, plural (especially collectively) trout, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) trouts.

any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon.Compare brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout.

any of various game fishes of the salmon family of the genus Salvelinus.Compare brook trout(def 1), char², Dolly Varden(def 4), lake trout.

any of several unrelated fishes, as a bass, Micropterus salmoides, a drum of the genus Cynoscion, or a greenling of the genus Hexagrammos.

Nearby words

trouser suit, trousers, trousseau, trousseau's sign, trousseau's syndrome, trout, trout lily, trout tickling, troutperch, trouveur, trouville

Origin of trout

before 1050; Middle English trou(h)te, Old English truht < Latin tructa < Greek trṓktēs gnawer, a sea fish, equivalent to trṓg(ein) to gnaw + -tēs agent noun suffix

Related formstrout·less, adjectivetrout·like, adjective

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Examples from the Web for trout

Dishes here are prepared with locally picked mushrooms, herbs, trout, and moles.
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I might take a break from working and catch a trout in the lake below the house for smoking later.
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No one will say, "Wow, I would kill for a piece of trout right about now."
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Suddenly, with the trout almost under the bank, the angler paused and looked about him, at a loss.
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The little stream is filled with trout; one has flies for bait which have to be kept on the move continually.
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But it is never safe to record the weight until the trout is in the canoe.
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The graylings are closely allied to the trout family, having an adipose second dorsal fin.
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Trout are being acclimatized in Victoria, but the day of the angler has yet to come.
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British Dictionary definitions for trout

trout

/ (traʊt) /

noun plural trout or trouts

any of various game fishes, esp Salmo trutta and related species, mostly of fresh water in northern regions: family Salmonidae (salmon). They resemble salmon but are smaller and spotted

any of various similar or related fishes, such as a sea trout

Australian any of various fishes of the Salmo or Oncorhynchus genera smaller than the salmon, esp European and American varieties naturalized in Australia

British informal an irritating or grumpy person, esp a woman

Word Origin for trout

Old English trūht, from Late Latin tructa, from Greek troktēs sharp-toothed fish

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Word Origin and History for trout

trout

Old English truht "trout," in part from Old French truite, both from Late Latin tructa, perhaps from Greek troktes "a kind of sea fish," literally "nibbler," from trogein "to gnaw," from PIE root *tere- (see throw). In late 17c. slang, trusty trout was used in a sense of "confidential friend."