brown trout

noun

: a speckled European trout (Salmo trutta) widely introduced as a game fish

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Others include brown trout, chiselmouth, northern pike and Arctic grayling. Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 26 Aug. 2026 Montana The best river to float for rainbow and brown trout, Bighorn, in Bighorn County Montana, is easy to fish by either wading or riding in a boat. Betsy Donley, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2026 According to experts, wild brown trout are known to congregate around salmon pens to feed on surplus feed that falls through the net cages, otherwise known as cage-grazing. Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026 The river that meanders there teems with brown trout that absconded from reservoirs downstream. Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 10 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for brown trout

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First Known Use

1726, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of brown trout was in 1726

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brown trout

noun
: a speckled European trout widely introduced as a game fish

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