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trout

4 definitions • 5 examples
1
a fish that lives in rivers and lakes, or lives in the sea but returns to rivers to produce its eggs, that is a popular food:

Examples:

Thousands of young salmon and trout have been killed by pollution.
The lake is famous for its trout fishing.
2
the flesh of this fish eaten as food:

Examples:

I had some perfectly cooked trout.
3
an old person, especially a woman, who is unpleasant or not attractive:

Examples:

She's a miserable old trout who complains about everything.
4
a fish found in both rivers and the sea that is a very popular food:

Examples:

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