brook trout

noun

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

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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 At about the same time, fishermen heard that brook trout bigger than eight pounds could oft be caught at Indian Rock, where the Rangeley and Kennebago Rivers met. Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 6 Mar. 2024 The tribal fish hatcheries also produce other popular harvested fish, including muskellunge, brook trout and yellow perch. Frank Vaisvilas, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024 Brown, rainbow and brook trout are stocked at Lake Coffey and Buckeye Lake, as well as Buckeye Creek. Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 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.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brook%20trout. Accessed 12 Jan. 2025.

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brook trout

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

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