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STEELHEAD

Definition: STEELHEAD

STEELHEAD

Noun

1. The ruddy duck.

2. A North Pacific salmon (Salmo Gairdneri) found from Northern California to Siberia; -- called also hardhead, and preesil.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "STEELHEAD" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references)


Crosswords: STEELHEAD

English words defined with "STEELHEAD": Hardhead. (references)
Specialty definitions using "STEELHEAD": migratory fish. (references)

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Modern Usage: STEELHEAD

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Movie/TV Titles

Spinning for Silvers and Steelhead (1949)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: STEELHEAD

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Books

  

Theater & Movies

  • Hooked On Fly Tying: Popular NW Steelhead Patterns - Alec Jackson, Vol. HAJ1 (reference)

  • Orvis Hooked On Fly Fishing, ORR Rogue River Steelhead (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: STEELHEAD

Photos:
STEELHEAD

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Photo Album: STEELHEAD

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Steelhead trout. In: "The Fishes of Alaska." Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Vol. XXVI, 1906. P. 360, Plate XXXVIII. Credit: Fisheries.

Panther Creek, an image of the stream that was affected by Blackbird Mine. The creek had very good habitat but for the mine discharge. By 1960 steelhead trout and chinook salmon were extirpated from the river due to the contaminants released at Blackbird Mine. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

The typical unaltered pond/slough system that existed before the restoration. the restoration connected a series of ponds to allow fish to pass into and out of their spawning habitat. The image above is a good example of prime juvenile salmon and steelhead trout rearing habitat. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Three students pose with a steelhead trout at their fish hatchery. The students raised nearly over a half a million dollars to construct a fish hatchery. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Jim Bybee and Rick Wantuck of NOAA examine small steelhead trout in the creek. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Scenic view of Steelhead Falls. Credit: Steve Lent.

Rogue River - Hellgate Recreation Area, catching steelhead. Credit: Unknown.

Rim rock view of Steelhead Falls. OR 5-14. Credit: Unknown.

Salmon or Steelhead jumping up falls. Credit: Telford.

Robert Baade and Steelhead Trout in Southeast Alaska. Credit: Alaska Historical Image Library.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: STEELHEAD

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

steelhead

299

big bertha steelhead

9

steelhead fishing

126

callaway steelhead wood

8

callaway steelhead

46

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8

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43

steelhead plus driver

7

fishing lake ontario steelhead

38

steelhead grill

7

callaway steelhead plus

36

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7

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30

big bertha steelhead plus

7

callaway steelhead iii

29

oregon steelhead fishing guide

7

steelhead lure

26

callaway steelhead driver

6

brewery steelhead

17

oregon steelhead fishing

6

steelhead plus

16

steelhead triathlon

6

recipe steelhead trout

13

lake michigan steelhead fishing

5

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13

summer steelhead

5

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13

callaway steelhead x14

5

steelhead fly

12

capital steelhead

5

salmon steelhead

12

steelhead jig

5

steelhead spinner

11

steelhead iii fairway wood

5

callaway steelhead x 14

10

idaho steelhead fishing

4

steelhead fish

10

16 callaway steelhead x

4

huron lake steelhead

9

3 callaway steelhead

4

yakima steelhead

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: STEELHEAD

Language Translations for "STEELHEAD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

虹鳟. (various references)

   

Danish

  

regnbueørred (rainbow trout, steelhead trout). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

regenboogforel (rainbow trout, steelhead trout). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kirjolohi (rainbow trout). (various references)

   

French

  

truite arc-en-ciel (steelhead trout), truite américaine (steelhead trout), \TRR (steelhead trout). (various references)

   

German

  

Stahlkopfforelle (rainbow trout, steelhead trout), Teichforelle (rainbow trout, steelhead trout), Regenbogenforelle (rainbow trout), Purpurforelle (rainbow trout, steelhead trout), Amerikanische Forelle (rainbow trout, steelhead trout). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ιριδίζουσα πέστροφα (rainbow trout, steelhead trout), πέστροφα (trout). (various references)

   

Italian

  

trota iridea (rainbow trout, steelhead trout), trota arcobaleno (rainbow trout, steelhead trout), trota americana (rainbow trout, steelhead trout). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eelheadstay

   

Portuguese

  

truta arco-íris (rainbow trout, steelhead trout). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

trucha arco-iris (rainbow trout, steelhead trout), trucha arco iris (rainbow trout, steelhead trout). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

regnbåge (iris, rainbow). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: STEELHEAD

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), Salmo gairdneri, Salmo irideus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations: STEELHEAD

Derivations

Words beginning with "STEELHEAD": steelheads. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "STEELHEAD"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "STEELHEAD" (pronounced stē"lhe'd)
4-l h e' dbullhead, trailhead, wellhead.
3-h e' dAirhead, arrowhead, beachhead, bridgehead, bulkhead, copperhead, Deadhead, dragonhead, drumhead, egghead, figurehead, flathead, Godhead, hardhead, letterhead, Loggerhead, masthead, redhead, skinhead, spearhead, thickhead, warhead, Whitehead.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: STEELHEAD

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-e-h-l-s-t"

-1 letter: teaseled.

-2 letters: daleths, delates, deletes, headset, leashed, seethed, sheeted, sleeted, steeled.

-3 letters: daleth, deaths, delate, delete, deltas, desalt, elated, elates, eldest, halest, halted, haslet, hasted, healed, heated, heeled, lashed, lasted, lathed, lathes, leased, lethes, salted, sealed, seated, sedate, seeled, seethe, shaled, shelta, slated, staled, stelae, teased, teasel.

-4 letters: aedes, ashed, dahls, dales, dates, deals.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-e-h-l-s-t"
 

+1 letter: steelheads.

 

+2 letters: decathletes, letterheads.

 

+4 letters: acetaldehydes, deathlessness, reestablished.

 

+5 letters: encephalitides, preestablished.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Translations: Ancient
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Bibliography


  

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