Dictionary Entry

trout

Part of Speech: nounPronunciation: /tɹʌʊt/Used In Literature ↓

Any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spawning more than once.

In a Sentence

“Many anglers consider trout to be the archetypical quarry.”

Origin

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Common Phrases

. troutfishing troutstream troutstreams trouttrout rainbowtrout brooktrout browntrout lake

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Poetry examples for “trout”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

Climbing
The Trout
Wind

We rested by the stream, to mark
The brown backs of the hovering trout.
Frank tickled one, and took it out

From the pure stream take out
The playful trout,
That jerks with rasping check the struggled line;

For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;
For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;
Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches' wings;

For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;
For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim:
Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches' wings;

That heals the wounds o’ care and dool;
And Pleasure is a wanton trout,
An ye drink it a’, ye’ll find him out.

The trout in yonder wimpling burn
That glides, a silver dart,

_And seen the rubbish run about,_
_It's certain there are trout somewhere_
_And maybe I shall take a trout_

The Willie-ford, and the Water-slack,
The Black-rack and the Trout-dub o' Liddel;
There stands John Forster wi' five men at his back,