Definitions for rainbow trout

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

rain′bow trout`(n.)

  1. a plump trout, Salmo gairdneri, native to W North American streams, having vertical reddish stripes on a black-speckled, green-to-turquoise body.

    Category: Ichthyology

Origin of rainbow trout:

1880–85, Amer.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. rainbow trout(noun)

    flesh of Pacific trout that migrate from salt to fresh water

  2. rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri(noun)

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

Wiktionary

  1. rainbow trout(Noun)

    A species of trout, Salmo gairdneri, that has black spots and a pink streak running along the body.


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