aureolus trout

noun

au·​re·​o·​lus trout

ȯˈrēələs-,

ə-

: sunapee trout

Word History

Etymology

New Latin aureolus (specific epithet of the Sunapee trout Salvelinus aureolus), from Latin, golden

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