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Definition of Lake trout

1. Noun. Flesh of large trout of northern lakes.

2. Noun. Large fork-tailed trout of lakes of Canada and the northern United States.

Definition of Lake trout

1. Noun. A large species of trout found in lakes in North America, ''Salvelinus namaycush'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lake Trout

lake lake-effect lake bed lake bottom lake duck lake dwelling lake dwellings lake effect lake herring lake poet

lake poets lake quillwort lake quillworts lake salmon lake stratification lake trout (current term) lake whitefish lakebed lakebeds laked

lakefront lakefronts lakehouse lakehouses lakelands lakeless lakelet lakelets lakelike lakeport

Literary usage of Lake trout

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1897)
"This letter of Mr. Blair's is deeply interesting and the information given concerning the lake trout is important. There are in the US National Museum 3 ..."

2. Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States and British Provinces by Henry William Herbert (1859)
"I still doubt greatly whether there be not two distinct species of lake trout, one quite peculiar to the small lakes of New York. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1898)
"lake trout, Oct. to Jan. ; brook trout, Nov. to Jan. ; Scotch lake trout, ... 30 ; black-spotted trout, June ; rainbow trout, June ; Scotch lake trout, ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"lake trout, two salmonoid fishes of the genus ... (1) the Great lake trout (C. namaycush) ; and The ..."

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