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trout - What does it mean?

Definition of 'trout'

English

Noun

(wikipedia) (en-noun)
  • Any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spawning more than once.
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  • |title=(The Celebrity)|chapter=8 |passage=Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout -streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:
  • * {{quote-book|year=1922|author=(Michael Arlen)|title=“Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days|chapter=3/19/2 citation
  • |passage=“This morning,” he said, “We will fish, Turner. We will cast for trout so that we may catch grayling.”}}
  • An elderly woman of dubious sensibilities.
  • Derived terms

    * brown trout * rainbow trout * salmon trout * Sevan trout

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To (figuratively) slap someone with a slimy, stinky, wet trout ; to admonish jocularly.