n. [ AS. truht, L. tructa, tructus; akin to Gr.
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☞ The most important European species are the river, or brown, trout (Salmo fario), the salmon trout, and the sewen. The most important American species are the brook, speckled, or red-spotted, trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) of the Northern United States and Canada; the red-spotted trout, or Dolly Varden (see Malma); the lake trout (see Namaycush); the black-spotted, mountain, or silver, trout (Salmo purpuratus); the golden, or rainbow, trout (see under Rainbow); the blueback trout (see Oquassa); and the salmon trout (see under Salmon.) The European trout has been introduced into America. [ 1913 Webster ]
Trout perch (Zool.),
n. (Zool.) The American golden plover. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. White, with spots of black, bay, or sorrel;
n. A little trout; a troutling. Hood. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A little trout; a troutlet. [ 1913 Webster ]