RAINBOW TROUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rainbow trout mean? 

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

1. flesh of Pacific trout that migrate from salt to fresh water

2. found in Pacific coastal waters and streams from lower California to Alaska

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAINBOW TROUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flesh of Pacific trout that migrate from salt to fresh water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

trout (flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food fishes)

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

rainbow trout; Salmo gairdneri (found in Pacific coastal waters and streams from lower California to Alaska)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Found in Pacific coastal waters and streams from lower California to Alaska

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

rainbow trout; Salmo gairdneri

Hypernyms ("rainbow 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 "rainbow trout"):

rainbow trout (flesh of Pacific trout that migrate from salt to fresh water)

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

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