trout
Pronunciation: /traʊt/
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Definition of trout
noun ( plural same or trouts)
- a chiefly freshwater fish of the salmon family, found in both Eurasia and North America and highly valued for food and game.
- Genera Salmo (several species of true trouts, including the European brown trout), Onchorhyncus (several species including the rainbow trout), and Salvelinus (several North American species), family Salmonidae. See also lake trout, sea trout
Origin:
late Old English truht, from late Latin tructa, based on Greek trōgein 'gnaw'
