trout

[trout]

noun

plural

trout ,

plural

trouts .

1. any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon.

2. any of various game fishes of the salmon family of the genus Salvelinus.

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

trout

/ traʊt /

noun

1. 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

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

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

4. informal,  an irritating or grumpy person, esp a woman

Other Word Forms

• troutless adjective
• troutlike adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of trout¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of trout¹

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

Example Sentences

The group continued to move the fish in the evening and the following morning finding species including salmon, trout and stickleback.

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In a past life, steelhead trout and coho salmon thrived in this stream.

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Only two more miles ahead, another massive waterfall awaits and, then not that long after, the lake where backpackers camp on its shore and some fish for trout.

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Each summer, thousands of people boat, kayak or float on inner tubes on the river, which boasts whitewater areas as well as trout and salmon fisheries.

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The DFW also offers a Fishing in the City program to help residents in urban areas experience the joy of fishing in local ponds stocked with catfish and trout.

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