spotted sea trout

spotted sea trout
noun Date: 1873 a weakfish (Cynoscion nebulosus) that is a valuable food and sport fish of the southern Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the U.S. — called also sea trout, speckled trout, spotted weakfish

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  • spotted sea trout — dėmėtasis sterkinis kuprys statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Cynoscion nebulosus angl. spotted sea trout; spotted weakfish rus. пятнистый судачий горбыль ryšiai: platesnis terminas – sterkiniai kupriai …   Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas

  • spotted sea trout — noun weakfish of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of United States • Syn: ↑spotted weakfish, ↑spotted squeateague, ↑Cynoscion nebulosus • Hypernyms: ↑sea trout • Member Holonyms: ↑Cynoscion, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • spotted rock trout — Sea trout Sea trout (Zo[ o]l.) (a) Any one of several species of true trouts which descend rivers and enter the sea after spawning, as the European bull trout and salmon trout, and the eastern American spotted trout. (b) The common squeteague,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sea trout — noun 1. flesh of marine trout that migrate from salt to fresh water • Syn: ↑salmon trout • Hypernyms: ↑trout • Part Holonyms: ↑brown trout, ↑salmon trout, ↑Salmo trutta 2 …   Useful english dictionary

  • sea trout — noun Date: 1661 1. any of various trouts or chars that as adults inhabit the sea but ascend rivers to spawn 2. any of various marine fishes resembling trouts: as a. weakfish 1 b. spotted sea trout …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sea trout — Trout Trout (trout), n. [AS. truht, L. tructa, tructus; akin to Gr. trw kths a sea fish with sharp teeth, fr. trw gein to gnaw.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of fishes belonging to {Salmo}, {Salvelinus}, and allied genera of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sea trout — (Zo[ o]l.) (a) Any one of several species of true trouts which descend rivers and enter the sea after spawning, as the European bull trout and salmon trout, and the eastern American spotted trout. (b) The common squeteague, and the spotted… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sea trout — squeteague sque*teague (skw[ e]*t[=e]g ), n. [From the North American Indian name.] (Zo[ o]l.) An American sci[ae]noid fish ({Cynoscion regalis}), abundant on the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a food fish. It is of a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sea trout — squeteague sque*teague (skw[ e]*t[=e]g ), n. [From the North American Indian name.] (Zo[ o]l.) An American sci[ae]noid fish ({Cynoscion regalis}), abundant on the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a food fish. It is of a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sea trout — Bull trout Bull trout (Zo[ o]l.) (a) In England, a large salmon trout of several species, as {Salmo trutta} and {Salmo Cambricus}, which ascend rivers; called also {sea trout}. (b) {Salvelinus malma} of California and Oregon; called also {Dolly… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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