BROOK TROUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brook trout mean? 

• BROOK TROUT (noun)
  The noun BROOK TROUT has 2 senses:

1. a delicious freshwater food fish

2. North American freshwater trout; introduced in Europe

  Familiarity information: BROOK TROUT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BROOK TROUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A delicious freshwater food fish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

brook trout; speckled trout

Hypernyms ("brook trout" is a kind of...):

freshwater fish (flesh of fish from fresh water used as food)

Holonyms ("brook trout" is a part of...):

brook trout; Salvelinus fontinalis; speckled trout (North American freshwater trout; introduced in Europe)

Sense 2

Meaning:

North American freshwater trout; introduced in Europe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

brook trout; Salvelinus fontinalis; speckled trout

Hypernyms ("brook trout" is a kind of...):

trout (any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons)

Meronyms (parts of "brook trout"):

brook trout; speckled trout (a delicious freshwater food fish)

Holonyms ("brook trout" is a member of...):

genus Salvelinus; Salvelinus (brook trout)