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Definition of Speckled trout
1. Noun. A delicious freshwater food fish.
Group relationships: Brook Trout, Salvelinus Fontinalis
Generic synonyms: Freshwater Fish
2. Noun. North American freshwater trout; introduced in Europe.
Generic synonyms: Trout
Group relationships: Genus Salvelinus, Salvelinus
Terms within: Brook Trout
Definition of Speckled trout
1. Noun. A North American freshwater game fish (''Salvelinus fontinalis''); the brook trout. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Speckled Trout
Literary usage of Speckled trout
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1879)
"said the great speckled trout, standing erect on his tail, and giving his fins
a flap upward. " If he once gets into the stream, he can escape us. ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1887)
"January 1; aquatic fowls, September 1 to May 16; speckled trout, April 1 to
October 1. In Stearns County the open season for deer is November 15 to December ..."
3. The Speckled Brook Trout (salvelinus Fontinalis) by Louis Rhead (1902)
"... upon investigation, to refer to the so-called gray or lake trout, or namaycush.
speckled trout of three to nine pounds in weight are reported, ..."
4. The Evolutionist at Large by Grant Allen (1881)
"speckled trout. IT is a piece of the common vanity of anglers to suppose that
they know something about speckled trout. A fox might almost as well pretend ..."
5. Sessional Papers by Canada Parliament (1895)
"speckled trout breed in Canada, as a rule, in September and October. ...
speckled trout (and in this connection black bass may be included;, are claimed as ..."
6. The Sportsman's Gazetteer and General Guide: The Game Animals, Birds and by Charles Hallock (1878)
"Mud Lake is about a mile long, and contains both lunge and speckled trout.
Two miles east from the large lake is Little Brompton Luke, which is nearly two ..."
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