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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024trout /traʊt/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. (esp. when thought of as a group) trout, (esp. for kinds or species) trouts. - Fisha usually speckled freshwater game fish of the salmon family.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trout (trout),USA pronunciation n., pl. (esp. collectively) trout, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) trouts. - Fishany of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon. Cf. brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout.
- Fishany of various game fishes of the salmon family of the genus Salvelinus. Cf. brook trout (def. 1), char 2, Dolly Varden (def. 4), lake trout.
- Fishany of several unrelated fishes, as a bass, Micropterus salmoides, a drum of the genus Cynoscion, or a greenling of the genus Hexagrammos.
- Greek tró̄ktēs gnawer, a sea fish, equivalent. to tró̄g(ein) to gnaw + -tēs agent noun, nominal suffix
- Latin tructa
- Middle English trou(h)te, Old English truht bef. 1050
trout′less, adj. trout′like′, adj. |