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Trout vs Steelhead - What's the difference?

trout | steelhead |

As nouns the difference between trout and steelhead

is that trout is any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spawning more than once while steelhead is the anadromous form of the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

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

    steelhead

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The anadromous form of the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 9, author=Henry Fountain, title=Downside to Breeding Fish in Captivity Shows Up Early, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The researchers compared three groups of steelheads : fish born of two wild parents and reared in the wild; first-generation captive fish (born of two wild parents and reared in captivity); and second-generation captive fish (with one captive-bred parent). }}
  • The ruddy duck.

    • Synonyms

    * (fish) steelhead salmon

    See also

    * (wikipedia "steelhead")