— troutless , adj. — troutlike , adj.
/trowt/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) trout , ( esp. referring to two or more kinds or species ) trouts .
1. any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon. Cf. brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout .
2. any of various game fishes of the salmon family of the genus Salvelinus. Cf. brook trout (def. 1), char 2 , Dolly Varden (def. 4), lake trout .
3. any of several unrelated fishes, as a bass, Micropterus salmoides, a drum of the genus Cynoscion, or a greenling of the genus Hexagrammos.
[ bef. 1050; ME trou ( h ) te, OE truht tructa tróktes gnawer, a sea fish, equiv. to tróg ( ein ) to gnaw + -tes agent n. suffix ]