brook trout

noun

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

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Its nearly 200,000 acres are home to black bears, brook trout, and the Shenandoah salamander. Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 21 May 2025 For millennia their nomadic ancestors came here to fish Arctic char, a silvery-orange cousin of the brook trout. Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 May 2025 The eight-mile out and back passes through meadows packed with wildflowers before delivering you to a trio of high-alpine lakes that are known to house rainbow, cutthroat, and brook trout. Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Apr. 2025 Also the forests are vital for the other creatures living there—native brook trout and a rare mammal called a fisher, which is related to weasels and otters. Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025 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 5 Jun. 2025.

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brook trout

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

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