trout: Meaning and Definition of
trout
Pronunciation: (trout), [key]
— pl. trout, trouts.
- any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon. Cf.
- any of various game fishes of the salmon family of the genus Salvelinus. Cf.(def. 1),,(def. 4),
- any of several unrelated fishes, as a bass, Micropterus salmoides, a drum of the genus Cynoscion, or a greenling of the genus Hexagrammos.
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