steelhead

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This will prevent development, permit continued public access, and retain the undisturbed character necessary for bald eagle, steelhead, and Chinook salmon habitat.

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  1. noun The anadromous variety of the rainbow trout, having silvery, unstriped sides.

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  • In 1937, while fishing for steelhead in the North Umpqua River in Oregon, Grey collapsed from a heart attack and stroke. —  Zane Grey, Romancing the West
  • This will prevent development, permit continued public access, and retain the undisturbed character necessary for bald eagle, steelhead, and Chinook salmon habitat. —  Radio Address Paper
  • Pacific Northwest Streams - Over 900 acres in Oregon and Washington adjacent to various national forests and important to the protection of at-risk Northwest fish stocks including salmon and steelhead. —  Radio Address Paper
  • In case you're too young to remember, McMahon was Johnny Carson's loyal sidekick on the
  • ` protect, mitigate, and enhance 'the salmon and steelhead runs along the Columbia and its tributaries along with developing a —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 2
 

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/ˈstilhɛd/
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