TROUT


Meaning of TROUT in English

n. (pl. same or trouts)

1. any of various freshwater fish of the genus Salmo of the northern hemisphere, valued as food.

2 a similar fish of the family Salmonidae (see also salmon trout).

3 sl. derog. a woman, esp. an old or ill-tempered one (usu. old trout).

Derivatives:

troutlet n. troutling n. trouty adj.

Etymology: OE truht f. LL tructa

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.