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splake

Syllabification: (splake)
Pronunciation: /splāk/

Definition of splake

noun

  • a hybrid trout of North American lakes.
    • Produced by crossing the speckled trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) with the lake trout (S. namaycush)

Origin:

1950s: blend of speckled and lake1

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