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trout

(trout)

n. pl. trout or trouts

1. Any of various salmonid food and game fishes of the genera Oncorhynchus, Salmo, and Salvelinus, having a streamlined, speckled body and usually inhabiting freshwater streams or lakes. These genera also include the salmons and the chars.

2. Any of various similar but unrelated fishes, such as the trout-perch.

Idiom:

old trout Chiefly British Offensive Slang

An elderly woman.

[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- in Indo-European roots.]

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trout

(traʊt)

n, pl trout or trouts

1. (Animals) any of various game fishes, esp Salmo trutta and related species, mostly of fresh water in northern regions: family Salmonidae (salmon). They resemble salmon but are smaller and spotted

2. (Animals) any of various similar or related fishes, such as a sea trout

3. (Animals) Austral any of various fishes of the Salmo or Oncorhynchus genera smaller than the salmon, esp European and American varieties naturalized in Australia

4. informal Brit an irritating or grumpy person, esp a woman

[Old English trūht, from Late Latin tructa, from Greek trōktēs sharp-toothed fish]

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trout

(traʊt)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) trout, (esp. for kinds or species) trouts.

1. any of various usu. speckled freshwater game fishes belonging to the genera Salmo and Salvelinus, of the salmon family, as the brook trout and rainbow trout.

2. any of several similar but unrelated fishes.

[before 1050; Middle English trou(h)te, Old English truht < Latin tructa < Greek trṓktēs gnawer, a sea fish =trṓg(ein) to gnaw + -tēs agent n. suffix]

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Noun	1.	trout - flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food fishes fish - the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat"; "they have a chef who specializes in fish" rainbow trout - flesh of Pacific trout that migrate from salt to fresh water salmon trout, sea trout - flesh of marine trout that migrate from salt to fresh water
	2.	trout - any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons food fish - any fish used for food by human beings salmonid - soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters brown trout, Salmo trutta, salmon trout - speckled trout of European rivers; introduced in North America Salmo gairdneri, rainbow trout - found in Pacific coastal waters and streams from lower California to Alaska Salvelinus namaycush, lake trout, salmon trout - large fork-tailed trout of lakes of Canada and the northern United States Salvelinus fontinalis, speckled trout, brook trout - North American freshwater trout; introduced in Europe

Translations

سَلْمُونٌ مُرَقَّطسَمَك الأُطْروطلَحْم سَمَك الأطْروط

pstruh

ørredforel

taimen

pastrva

pisztráng

silungur

trota trota salmonata andare a pesca di trote

マス

송어

upėtakis

forele

pstruh

postrv

pastrmkaпастрмка

forell

ปลาจำพวกหนึ่งมีลักษณะคล้ายปลาแซลมอน

alabalıkalabalık eti

форель

cá hồi

鳟鱼鳟鱼肉鲑鱼

trout

[traʊt] (trout or trouts (pl))

A. N

1. (= fish) → trucha f

2. old trout (= woman) → arpía f, bruja f

B. CPD trout fishing N → pesca f de trucha

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trout

[ˈtraʊt] [trout] [ˈtraʊt] (pl)

n → truite f

modif [lake, stream] → à truitestrout farm n → élevage m de truitestrout fishing n → pêche f à la truite

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trout

n → Forelle f; trout fishing → Forellenfang m, → Forellenangeln nt; silly old trout! (inf) → blöde alte (Zimt)ziege (inf)

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trout

[traʊt]

1. n pl inv → trota

2. adj trout fishing → pesca della trota

trout

(traut) – plural trout – noun

1. a type of freshwater fish of the salmon family. He caught five trout.

2. its flesh, used as food. Have some more trout!

trout

→ سَلْمُونٌ مُرَقَّط pstruh ørred Forelle πέστροφα trucha taimen truite pastrva trota マス 송어 forel ørret pstrąg truta форель forell ปลาจำพวกหนึ่งมีลักษณะคล้ายปลาแซลมอน alabalık cá hồi 鳟鱼

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