trout

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For the trout are always there, sheltered by the brushwood that makes this half mile of fishing "not worth while."

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  1. noun 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.
  2. noun Any of various similar but unrelated fishes, such as the troutperch.
  3. noun Chiefly British An elderly woman regarded as being silly.

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  • That's why we have a very difficult time determining if a trout is asleep or just staring off in the distance. —  WBIR.com - News
  • For brook trout, the native habitat includes the territory from Labrador westward to the Saskatchewan, while the rainbow trout is a native of the Pacific slope from Alaska to California. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • I know they both have the same latin name and are in fact the same species, a sea trout is a brown trout that has been to sea and returned to the river. —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • "We've been moving around all morning because the trout are all over the place," Carl Stofka said. —  Times Leader News
  • They know the trout are there this year, and with gas prices hovering a bit above $2 per gallon, many vacationers will look closer to home for their summer recreation. —  MailTribune.com Latest Headlines
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  1. Middle English troute, from Old English trūht, from Late Latin trūcta, perhaps from Greek trōktēs, a kind of sea fish with sharp teeth, from trōgein, to gnaw; see terə-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English troute, trowte, from Anglo-Saxon truht, from Old French truite, from Latin trueta, also tractus (Middle Latin trutta, trotta), from Greek τρώκτης, a sea-fish, from τρώγειν, gnaw, eat.
  2. from trout, n.
  3. Var. of troat.
 

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