DOLLY VARDEN


Meaning of DOLLY VARDEN in English

v.

Pronunciation: ˌ dä-l ē - ' vär-d ə n-

Function: noun

Etymology: Dolly Varden, gaily dressed coquette in Barnaby Rudge (1841), novel by Charles Dickens

Date: circa 1876

: a large anadromous or freshwater char ( Salvelinus malma ) widespread in streams of northwestern No. America and eastern Asia ― called also Dolly Varden trout

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