sea trout

noun

1

: any of various trouts or chars that as adults inhabit the sea but ascend rivers to spawn

2

: any of various marine fishes resembling trouts: such as

a

: weakfish sense 1

b

: spotted sea trout

Examples of sea trout in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Caroline Prevost, of Chesapeake, Va., took the image of the pelican and sea trout in January 2025 at around 10 a.m. while viewing wildlife on a boat trip during the Virginia Beach Winter Wildlife Festival. —Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 29 Dec. 2025

Shane was soon hooked up to a whopper of a sea trout, a 26-incher. —Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025

Visitors are encouraged to try catching blue crabs; hunting for bay scallops; or fishing for flounder, sea trout, redfish, and Spanish mackerel. —Casey Barber, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2025

The lightweight and unbelievably smooth-operating Saragosa is a top choice for the best saltwater spinning reel for everything from fluke and sea bass to corvina and halibut to redfish and sea trout, even school tuna and trophy tarpon—essentially most species around the world. —Jerry Audet, Field & Stream, 19 July 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1661, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for sea trout

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout

Kids Definition

sea trout

noun

1

: a trout or char that lives mostly in the ocean but goes up rivers to breed and lay eggs

2

: any of various sea fishes (as the weakfish) that look like trout