brown trout

noun

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

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The brown trout of a lifetime that just sipped your fly can shoot down a riffle and bust that delicate 6-pound tippet. Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 19 June 2025 With that weight, Jones’ fish easily tops Shaver’s unofficial lake record: an 18-pound brown trout caught there in the 1980s. Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 22 May 2025 Smallmouths are also impacting rainbow and brown trout, two other non-natives that are managed closely in the canyon. Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 13 Mar. 2025 This includes native fish like cutthroat and rainbow trout, along with the European brown trout that were introduced here during the late 19th century. Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025 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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