trout

(tro̵ut)

any salmonid; esp., any of various food and game fishes that are usually speckled and found chiefly in fresh water, as the brown trout, rainbow trout, brook trout, and lake trout
any of several other troutlike fishes

Origin: ME troute < OE truht < LL tructus, tructa < Gr trōktēs, kind of fish < trōgein, to gnaw: see troglodyte

See trout in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. trout trout or trouts

a. Any of various freshwater or anadromous food and game fishes of the family Salmonidae, especially of the genera Salmo and Salvelinus, usually having a streamlined, speckled body with small scales.
b. Any of various similar but unrelated fishes, such as the troutperch.
Chiefly British An elderly woman regarded as being silly.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English troute

Origin: , from Old English trūht

Origin: , from Late Latin trūcta

Origin: , perhaps from Greek trōktēs, a kind of sea fish with sharp teeth

Origin: , from trōgein, to gnaw; see terə-¹ in Indo-European roots

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