noun
brook trout
• Syn: ↑genus Salvelinus
• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Salmonidae, ↑family Salmonidae
• Member Meronyms:
↑lake trout, ↑salmon trout, ↑Salvelinus namaycush, ↑brook trout, ↑speckled trout, ↑Salvelinus fontinalis, ↑char, ↑charr
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\\ˌsalvəˈlīnəs, -lēn-\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from German dialect sälbling, a char (Salvelinus alpinus), alteration of sälmling — more at saibling
: a genus of fishes (family Salmonidae) distinguished chiefly by their small scales and boat-shaped vomer with teeth only at the end and including a common European fish (S. alpinus) and the American brook trout and Dolly Varden
Useful english dictionary. 2012.