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BROWN TROUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brown trout mean? 

BROWN TROUT (noun)
  The noun BROWN TROUT has 1 sense:

1. speckled trout of European rivers; introduced in North Americaplay

  Familiarity information: BROWN TROUT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BROWN TROUT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Speckled trout of European rivers; introduced in North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

brown trout; Salmo trutta; salmon trout

Hypernyms ("brown 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 "brown trout"):

salmon trout; sea trout (flesh of marine trout that migrate from salt to fresh water)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brown trout"):

sea trout (silvery marine variety of brown trout that migrates to fresh water to spawn)

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

genus Salmo; Salmo (type genus of the Salmonidae: salmon and trout)


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