trout

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a common freshwater fish with a speckled body, prized as a game fish

   The angler caught a large trout in the mountain stream.

2. 2
   noun

   any of various species within the salmon family, including brown trout and rainbow trout

   The river is home to several species of trout.

From Old English trūht/trūta, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *trūtaz; via Middle English troute to Modern English trout, a freshwater fish of the salmon family.

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