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sea trout

/si traʊt/
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Definitions of sea trout
  1. noun
    any of several sciaenid fishes of North American coastal waters
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    types:
    Cynoscion regalis, weakfish
    food and game fish of North American coastal waters with a mouth from which hooks easily tear out
    Cynoscion nebulosus, spotted sea trout, spotted squeateague, spotted weakfish
    weakfish of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of United States
    type of:
    sciaenid, sciaenid fish
    widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound
  2. noun
    silvery marine variety of brown trout that migrates to fresh water to spawn
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    type of:
    Salmo trutta, brown trout, salmon trout
    speckled trout of European rivers; introduced in North America
  3. noun
    flesh of marine trout that migrate from salt to fresh water
    synonyms: salmon trout
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    type of:
    trout
    flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food fishes
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