brook trout

noun

: the common speckled cold-water char (Salvelinus fontinalis) of North America

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Also the forests are vital for the other creatures living there—native brook trout and a rare mammal called a fisher, which is related to weasels and otters. Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025 Dogs have also been tested at finding longhorn beetles, brook trout and nutria. Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 14 Mar. 2025 The largest of these species is the lake trout, which, like brook trout, are technically in the char family. Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025 Fish kept in hatcheries will provide 378,000 brook trout eggs, 448,000 lake trout eggs, 2.6 million brown trout eggs and 1.5 million rainbow trout eggs. Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 19 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for brook trout

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First Known Use

1820, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of brook trout was in 1820

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brook trout

noun
: a common speckled cold-water char of eastern North America

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