plural trout also trouts
1
: any of various salmonid food and sport fishes that are mostly smaller than the typical salmons and are anadromous or restricted to cool clear fresh water:
a
: any of various Old or New World fishes (genera Salmo and Oncorhynchus) compare brown trout, rainbow trout
b
2
: any of various fishes (such as the largemouth bass) held to resemble the true trouts
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Slice two of the remaining lemons and shingle the slices inside the trout, using half a lemon per fish.
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Jonathan Miles, Field & Stream, 23 May 2024
It’s filled with nonnative striped bass and other predator fish that feed on juvenile salmon, steelhead trout and other native species.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 23 May 2024
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Jonathan Miles, Field & Stream, 23 May 2024
It’s filled with nonnative striped bass and other predator fish that feed on juvenile salmon, steelhead trout and other native species.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 23 May 2024
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trout
noun
plural trout also trouts
1
: any of various edible fishes that are mostly smaller than the related salmons, are restricted to cool clear fresh water or spend time at sea before returning to fresh water to breed, and are often speckled with dark colors
2
: any of various fishes that resemble the true trouts
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