資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Note: The most important European species are the river, or
brown, trout ({Salmo fario}), the salmon trout, and the
sewen. The most important American species are the
brook, speckled, or red-spotted, trout ({Salvelinus
fontinalis}) of the Northern United States and Canada;
the red-spotted trout, or Dolly Varden (see {Malma});
the lake trout (see {Namaycush}); the black-spotted,
mountain, or silver, trout ({Salmo purpuratus}); the
golden, or rainbow, trout (see under {Rainbow}); the
blueback trout (see {Oquassa}); and the salmon trout
(see under {Salmon}.) The European trout has been
introduced into America.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of marine fishes
more or less resembling a trout in appearance or habits,
but not belonging to the same family, especially the
California rock trouts, the common squeteague, and the
southern, or spotted, squeteague; -- called also
{salt-water trout}, {sea trout}, {shad trout}, and {gray
trout}. See {Squeteague}, and {Rock trout} under {Rock}.
{Trout perch} (Zo["o]l.), a small fresh-water American fish
({Percopsis guttatus}), allied to the trout, but
resembling a perch in its scales and mouth.
Char \Char\, Charr \Charr\, n. [Ir. cear, Gael. ceara, lit.,
red, blood-colored, fr. cear blood. So named from its red
belly.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the several species of fishes of the genus
{Salvelinus}, allied to the spotted trout and salmon,
inhabiting deep lakes in mountainous regions in Europe. In
the United States, the brook trout ({Salvelinus fontinalis})
is sometimes called a char.
資料來源 : WordNet®
Salvelinus fontinalis
n : North American freshwater trout; introduced in Europe [syn:
{brook trout}, {speckled trout}]