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Definition of "trout" []

  • Any of various freshwater or anadromous food and game fishes of the family Salmonidae, especially of the genera Salmo and Salvelinus, usually having a streamlined, speckled body with small scales. (noun)
  • Any of various similar but unrelated fishes, such as the troutperch. (noun)
  • Chiefly British An elderly woman regarded as being silly. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "trout" in a sentence
  • "Some people feel Minnesota fisherman may have gotten the shaft after Game Management received $1.8 million to develop a new lure testing tank that mimics swirling eddies in trout streams."
  • "Just removed some trout from the freezer from two seasons ago ... not pleasant."
  • "We're just coming out of one of the coldest, but the nice thing about trout is they don't mind the cold."