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Trout vs Fryling - What's the difference?

trout | fryling |

As nouns the difference between trout and fryling

is that trout is any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spawning more than once while fryling is a very small trout.

As a verb trout

is to (figuratively) slap someone with a slimy, stinky, wet trout; to admonish jocularly.

As a proper noun Trout

is {{surname|lang=en}.

trout

English

Noun

(wikipedia trout) (en-noun)
  • Any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spawning more than once.
  • *
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  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title=“Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=3/19/2 citation
    • , passage=“This morning,” he said, “We will fish, Turner. We will cast for trout so that we may catch grayling.”}}
  • An elderly woman of dubious sensibilities.

    • Derived terms

    * brown trout * rainbow trout * salmon trout * Sevan trout

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To (figuratively) slap someone with a slimy, stinky, wet trout ; to admonish jocularly.

    • Anagrams

    * English nouns with irregular plurals

    fryling

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A very small trout.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=May 23, author=Monica Davey, title=States Barter Fish and Bullets to Save Money, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=In an unusual alliance, Minnesota is trading walleye fingerlings, above, for Wisconsin frylings . }}
  • * 2009 , Jim DuFresne, Michigan Off the Beaten Path (page 90)
    • He begins with eggs and raises the trout from frylings to rainbows that will measure well over 16 inches.