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lake trout

noun

  1. a large, fork-tailed trout, Salvelinus namaycush, of the lakes of Canada and the northern U.S., valued as a food and game fish.


lake trout

noun

  1. a yellow-spotted char of the Great Lakes region of Canada
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lake trout1

First recorded in 1660–70
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Example Sentences

There a big lake-trout shoots by like a silver streak of light, or here is a school of hundreds of little fingerlings.

While examining a fine lake-trout, he remembered that he had read of raw fish being excellent food under the right conditions.

There are enthusiastic anglers, however, whose specialty is trolling for lake trout.

Bass fishing usually comes next, though some writers accord second place to the lake trout, salmon trout or land-locked salmon.

The mascalonge, as a game fish, is scarcely behind the small-mouthed bass, and is certainly more gamy than the lake trout.

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