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Definition: Trout |
TroutNoun1. Flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food fishes. 2. Any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "trout" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1600. (references) |
Etymology: Trout \Trout\ (trout), noun. [from Anglo-Saxon expression truht, from Latin expression tructa, tructus; akin to Greek trw`kths sea fish with sharp teeth, from trw`gein to gnaw.]. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To dream of seeing trout, is significant of growing prosperity. To eat some, denotes that you will be happily conditioned. To catch one with a hook, foretells assured pleasure and competence. If it falls back into the water, you will have a short season of happiness. To catch them with a seine, is a sign of unparalleled prosperity. To see them in muddy water shows that your success in love will bring you to grief and disappointments. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Rainbow TroutTrout is the common name given to a number of species of freshwater fishes belonging to the salmon family, Salmonidae.
They are usually found in cool, clear streams and lakes throughout North America, northern Asia and Europe. They have no spines on the fins, and all of them have a small adipose (fatty) fin along the back near the tail. There are many species, and even more populations that are isolated from each other and morphologically different. However, many of these distinct appearing populations show no significant genetic differences, and therefore what appear to be a large number of species are considered a much smaller number of distinct species by most ichthyologists. The trout found in the western United States are a good example of this.
Several species of trout were introduced to Australia and New Zealand by amateur fishing enthusiasts in the 19th century, contributing to the displacement of native freshwater fish to some extent, though not as much as the carp.
Example: Brook trout, aurora trout and the extinct silver trout all have physical characteristics and colorations that distinguish them. Genetic analysis shows however that they are one species, Salvelinus fontinalis.
Some other fishes that are part of this group include the rainbow, lake, bull, brown and rainbow trouts. Most are restricted to freshwater, but a few, like the steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) - which is the same species as the landlocked rainbow trout - spend their adult life in the ocean and then return to spawn in the streams in which they were hatched. This is called anadromous reproduction and is more often seen in salmon. Trouts generally feed on soft bodied invertebrates like worms, or insects, although larger specimen of brown trout regularily feed on other fish.
As a group, trout are a somewhat bony fish, but the flesh is considered good eating. Additionally, they provide a good fight when caught with a hook and line, and are sought after recreationally. Because of their popularity, trouts are often raised on fish farms and introduced into the streams that are most heavily fished. While they can be caught with a normal rod and reel, fly fishing is a distinctive method developed primarily for trout and now extended to other species. Artificial flies are constructed -- "tied" - in sizes and colors to match the naturally occurring insects or baitfish. Fly rods are relatively light and long, and fly reels are manual and of a simple spool design to accommodate the fly line and backing. Fly lines are 20 - 30 meters long and are matched to the rod according to weight. Because the fly itself adds very little weight, the fly line must be heavy enough to carry the fly to the target. A leader of 2 - 3 meters is used between the fly line and the fly itself.
Species of trout include: the Eastern Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), Brown Trout (Salmo Trutta), Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus Clarki henshawi), Golden Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss aguabonita), and Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).
Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Further Reading
- Trout and Salmon of North America, Robert J. Behnke, Illustrated by Joseph R. Tomelleri, The Free Press, 2002, hardcover, 359 pages, ISBN 0-7432-2220-2
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Trout."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Animal | Trout, bass, tuna, muskelunge, sailfish, sardine, mackerel. |
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Crosswords: Trout |
| English words defined with "trout": Arctic char ♦ Blueback, brook trout, brown trout, Bull trout ♦ char, Charr, Cynoscion ♦ Erythronium ♦ family Salmonidae, family Sciaenidae ♦ genus Cynoscion, genus Erythronium, genus Salmo, genus Salvelinus, Golet, Grayling ♦ hatchery, Hirling, Huchen ♦ Isospondyli ♦ lake trout ♦ Malma ♦ Namaycush ♦ Oquassa, order Isospondyli ♦ Rainbow trout, Rock trout ♦ Saibling, Salmo, Salmo trutta, salmon trout, Salmonidae, Salmonoid, Salvelinus, Salvelinus alpinus, Salvelinus fontinalis, Salvelinus namaycush, Sciaenidae, Scurff, sea trout, Sewen, Shote, Silver trout, Skirling, speckled trout, Squeteague ♦ Trout perch, Troutlet, Troutling, Truttaceous ♦ Upokororo ♦ Whitling ♦ Yellowfish. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "trout": FISH FARMER ♦ Herring ♦ migratory fish ♦ Oncorhynchus, Oncorhynchus mykiss ♦ Sporting Seasons in England ♦ TRUSTY TROJAN, TRUSTY TROUT. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "trout": Truttaceous. (references) |
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Screenplays | Ordering! 3 pork combos, extra bacon on the side, 2 chili cheese samplers, a basket of liver and onion rings, a catch of the day, and a steak cut in the shape of a trout! You got all that honey (The Emperor's New Groove; writing credit: Chris Williams; Mark Dindal) I'm a civilian, not a trout -- you have no authority over me whatsoever (Lake Placid; writing credit: David E. Kelley) Trout, sir. (The Abominable Dr. Phibes; writing credit: James Whiton; William Goldstein) I'd be sure to land an old trout. (Ideal Husband, An; writing credit: Oscar Wilde; Oliver Parker) I thought better of you, Trout! You can't just go to somebody's mountain without a warrant (Dr. Phibes Rises Again; writing credit: Robert Fuest; Robert Blees) | |
Lyrics | Salt water trout, pretty young thing (Left & Right Featuring Method Man And Redman; performing artist: D'Angelo) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Jigging for Lake Trout (1967) Trout Stream (1961) Tricky Trout (1961) A Bout with a Trout (1947) Colorado Trout (1944) | |
Song Titles | When I Was A Dinosaur (performing artist: Trout Fishing In America) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Camp on trout stream near Tyonek. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | A mountain lake loaded with rainbow trout - 2 miles up the trail from Little Port Walter. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Jonathan Blue, off the JOHN N. COBB, fishing for rainbow trout. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Salmo roosevelti Evermann -- Golden Trout of Volcano Creek. In: "The Golden Trout of the Southern High Sierras", by Barton Warren Evermann. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. 25, 1905. P. 4, Plate I. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Salmo gilberti (Jordan) -- Kern River Trout. In: "The Golden Trout of the Southern High Sierras", by Barton Warren Evermann. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. 25, 1905. P. 18, Plate XV. 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. |  | On a creek where the tribe hopes to re-introduce native Bonneville Cut-Throat trout, Environmental Specialist at the Goshute Indian Reservation, and Carlos Garcia, NRCS, examine plant life and stream flows. [Slide 97CS3153]. Credit: Ron Nichols. |
 | Rotational grazing and proper pasture management protects the trout stream that runs through the pasture. Class I trout stream in Columbia County, WI. Credit: Bob Nichols. |  | Tiger trout. Credit: USDA. |
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| "Trout for dinner" by Wendy Cain Commentary: "We ate him!." | "KP 09" by Lucien Aréstegüi Commentary: "KOMMON PEOPLE 09 Trout standing there, listening to someone speak." |
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Miguel De Cervantes | There's no taking trout with dry breeches. |
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Economic History | Austria | Austria's small fish production is limited mainly to trout and carp. (references) |
Kenya | At present, deep sea fishing, prawn and trout farming are in their infancy, but growing rapidly. (references) | |
Chile | However, during the last 10 years, aquiculture has developed significantly, positioning Chile as the world's largest exporter of trout and the second largest of salmon. (references) | |
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| "Trout" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 70.68% of the time. "Trout" is used about 589 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 70.68% | 417 | 13,597 |
| Noun (common) | 24.58% | 145 | 26,217 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.71% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.19% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.85% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 589 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "trout" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Trout | Last name | 5,000 | 2,513 |
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1. Trout, LA 2. Trout, WV |
Expressions using "trout": a whale of a trout ♦ blueback trout ♦ brook trout ♦ brown trout ♦ Bull trout ♦ cutthroat trout ♦ Dolly Varden trout ♦ golden trout ♦ gray trout ♦ lake trout ♦ Mackinaw trout ♦ mountain trout ♦ rainbow trout ♦ redthroat trout ♦ rock trout ♦ salmon trout ♦ sea trout ♦ shad trout ♦ silver trout ♦ speckled trout ♦ spotted rock trout ♦ spotted sea trout ♦ sun trout ♦ tickle a trout ♦ Trout Creek ♦ Trout Dale ♦ Trout Lake ♦ trout lily ♦ Trout perch ♦ Trout Run ♦ Trout shad ♦ white trout. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "trout": trout-breeding, Trout-colored, trout-farmers, trout-ferox, trout-fishing, trout-like, trout-ringed, trout-rod, trout-rods, trout-starved, trout-stocked. | |
Ending with "trout": sea-trout. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
trout fishing | 6,619 | trout fishing in america | 50 |
trout | 1,458 | rainbow trout recipe | 50 |
brook trout | 378 | cooking trout | 50 |
rainbow trout | 318 | golden trout | 49 |
trout fly | 312 | trout bait | 47 |
trout stream | 268 | trout farm | 46 |
trout recipe | 224 | alaska trout fishing | 45 |
trout unlimited | 187 | trout lake wa | 41 |
lake trout | 181 | arkansas trout fishing | 41 |
lake trout fishing | 130 | rainbow trout picture | 39 |
brown trout | 125 | grilled trout | 39 |
trout picture | 112 | cutthroat trout | 39 |
speckled trout | 86 | catch trout | 39 |
trout fishing tip | 86 | sea trout | 36 |
lake trout ontario fishing | 85 | colorado trout fishing | 35 |
rainbow trout fishing | 79 | missouri trout fishing | 34 |
walter trout | 73 | trout lake washington | 34 |
trout fish | 70 | california trout fishing | 33 |
trout lure | 52 | bull trout | 31 |
speckled trout fishing | 50 | fly fishing trout | 31 |
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| Language | Translations for "trout"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | forel. (various references) | |
Albanian | troftë (orange-fin). (various references) | |
Arabic | سمك السلمون المرقط. (various references) | |
Bavarian | foräin. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | áíksikkominsstsiikin. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | пъстърва. (various references) | |
Chinese | 鳟鱼, 尊魚 . (various references) | |
Czech | pstruh. (various references) | |
Danish | forel. (various references) | |
Dutch | forel. (various references) | |
Esperanto | truto. (various references) | |
Estonian | forelli. (various references) | |
Faeroese | eyriði. (various references) | |
Farsi | ماهی قزل الاگرفتن . (various references) | |
Finnish | taimen (brown trout, sea trout). (various references) | |
French | truite. (various references) | |
German | Forelle. (various references) | |
Greek | πέστροφα (brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, river trout, sea trout, steelhead, steelhead trout), πεστρόφα, τρώκτησ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | שמך. (various references) | |
Hungarian | pisztráng. (various references) | |
Irish | breac. (various references) | |
Italian | trota (blockspotted trout, brook trout, brown trout, cutthroat trout, golden trout, river trout). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 鱒 (sea trout). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ます (measure, sea trout, to grow, to increase, unit of volume). (various references) | |
Korean | 송어. (various references) | |
Manx | brick, breck (brindle, brown trout, chequered, dapple-grey, dotty, mackerel, mottled, piebald, pied, pocked, speckle; trout-coloured, speckled, spot, spotted, spotty, tartan, variegated). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | outtray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | truta. (various references) | |
Romanian | pãstrãv. (various references) | |
Romansch | litgiva. (various references) | |
Russian | форель (trouts). (various references) | |
Scottish | breac (as a mill stone, smallpox, speckle; pick, speckled, spotted). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pastrmka. (various references) | |
Spanish | trucha (brown trout, salmon trout, sea trout). (various references) | |
Swedish | forell (rainbow trout). (various references) | |
Turkish | alabalik, alabalık tutmak, alabalık (grilse, salmon trout). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | форель. (various references) | |
Welsh | brithyll. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | troktes. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | tructa. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | sceota. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "trout": troutier, troutiest, trouts, trouty. (additional references) | |
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"Trout" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: drout, frout, Itroun, prout, thout, throut, Torcuato, torit, Torumtay, torun, tourt, tremuit, Treut, troath, troft, troit, troog, troot, trooz, trou, troub, trouc, trouf, trour, trous, trouts, trouty, trouv, trouw, troux, trsut, truit, turout, twout, wrout. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "trout" (pronounced trou"t) |
| 3 | -r ou" t | drought, Grout, Kraut, sprout. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: tutor. | |
| Words within the letters "o-r-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: rout, tort, tour, tout, trot. | |
-2 letters: ort, our, out, rot, rut, tor, tot, tut. | |
-3 letters: or, to, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "o-r-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: prutot, rotgut, touter, trouts, trouty, tryout, turbot, tutors. | |
+2 letters: outport, outrate, outroot, outsert, outtrot, outturn, outwrit, prutoth, quittor, rotguts, stouter, surtout, torture, tourist, touters, trustor, tryouts, turbots, turnout, tutored, tutoyer. | |
+3 letters: actuator, autocrat, buttoner, fortuity, frotteur, mistutor, nontruth, notturni, notturno, obstruct, obturate, outburnt, outburst, outports, outrated, outrates, outright, outroots, outserts, outskirt, outsmart, outstare, outstart, outsteer, outstrip, outthrew, outthrob, outthrow, outtower, outtrade, outtrick, outtrots, outtrump, outturns, outwrite, outwrote, printout, quittors, rebutton, reoutfit, roulette, shortcut, stratous, surtouts, tabouret, tautomer, thrustor, toreutic, torquate, tortious, tortuous, tortured, torturer, tortures, tourists, touristy, trapunto, troutier, trustors, turbojet, turncoat, turnouts, tutorage, tutoress, tutorial, tutoring, tutoyers, ultrahot, watthour. | |
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