slovodefinícia
trout
(encz)		trout,pstruh
Trout
(gcide)		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. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of fishes belonging to
Salmo, Salvelinus, and allied genera of the family
Salmonidae. They are highly esteemed as game fishes and
for the quality of their flesh. All the species breed in
fresh water, but after spawning many of them descend to
the sea if they have an opportunity.
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Note: The most important European species are the river, or
brown, trout (Salmo fario), the salmon trout, and the
sewen. The most important American species are the
brook, speckled, or red-spotted, trout ({Salvelinus
fontinalis}) of the Northern United States and Canada;
the red-spotted trout, or Dolly Varden (see Malma);
the lake trout (see Namaycush); the black-spotted,
mountain, or silver, trout (Salmo purpuratus); the
golden, or rainbow, trout (see under Rainbow); the
blueback trout (see Oquassa); and the salmon trout
(see under Salmon.) The European trout has been
introduced into America.
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2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of marine fishes more
or less resembling a trout in appearance or habits, but
not belonging to the same family, especially the
California rock trouts, the common squeteague, and the
southern, or spotted, squeteague; -- called also
salt-water trout, sea trout, shad trout, and {gray
trout}. See Squeteague, and Rock trout under Rock.
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Trout perch (Zool.), a small fresh-water American fish
(Percopsis guttatus), allied to the trout, but
resembling a perch in its scales and mouth.
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trout
(wn)		trout
n 1: flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food
fishes
2: any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters
mostly smaller than typical salmons
podobné slovodefinícia
lake trout
(encz)		lake trout, n:
rainbow trout
(encz)		rainbow trout, n:
salmon trout
(encz)		salmon trout, n:
sea trout
(encz)		sea trout, n:
speckled trout
(encz)		speckled trout, n:
spotted sea trout
(encz)		spotted sea trout, n:
trout
(encz)		trout,pstruh
trout lily
(encz)		trout lily, n:
trout zone
(encz)		trout zone,pstruhové pásmo [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač
black-spotted trout
(gcide)		Mykiss \My"kiss\, n. [Russ. muikize, prob. fr. a native name.]
(Zool.)
A salmon (Salmo mykiss, syn. Salmo purpuratus) marked
with black spots and a red throat, found in most of the
rivers from Alaska to the Colorado River, and in Siberia; --
called also black-spotted trout, cutthroat trout, and
redthroat trout.
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blueback trout
(gcide)		Oquassa \O*quas"sa\, n. (Zool.)
A small, handsome trout (Salvelinus oquassa), found in some
of the lakes in Maine; -- called also blueback trout.
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brook trout
(gcide)		Rainbow \Rain"bow`\ (r[=a]n"b[=o]`), n. [AS. regenboga, akin to
G. regenbogen. See Rain, and Bow anything bent.]
A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several
colors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the
hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and
reflection of the sun's rays in drops of falling rain.
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Note: Besides the ordinary bow, called also primary rainbow,
which is formed by two refractions and one reflection,
there is also another often seen exterior to it, called
the secondary rainbow, concentric with the first, and
separated from it by a small interval. It is formed by
two refractions and two reflections, is much fainter
than the primary bow, and has its colors arranged in
the reverse order from those of the latter.
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Lunar rainbow, a fainter arch or rainbow, formed by the
moon.

Marine rainbow, Sea bow, a similar bow seen in the spray
of waves at sea.

Rainbow trout (Zool.), a bright-colored trout ({Salmo
irideus}), native of the mountains of California, but now
extensively introduced into the Eastern States, Japan, and
other countries; -- called also brook trout, {mountain
trout}, and golden trout.

Rainbow wrasse. (Zool.) See under Wrasse.

Supernumerary rainbow, a smaller bow, usually of red and
green colors only, sometimes seen within the primary or
without the secondary rainbow, and in contact with them.
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bull trout
(gcide)		Huch \Huch\, Huchen \Hu"chen\, n. [G.] (Zool.)
A large salmon (Salmo hucho or Salvelinus hucho)
inhabiting the Danube; -- called also huso, and {bull
trout}.
[1913 Webster]malma \mal"ma\, n. (Zool.)
A spotted trout (Salvelinus malma), inhabiting Northern
America, west of the Rocky Mountains; -- called also {Dolly
Varden trout}, bull trout, red-spotted trout, and
golet.
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[1913 Webster]Dolly Varden \Dol"ly Var"den\
1. A character in Dickens's novel "Barnaby Rudge," a
beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a
cherry-colored mantle and cherry-colored ribbons.
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2. A style of light, bright-figured dress goods for women;
also, a style of dress.
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Dolly Varden trout (Zool.), a trout of northwest America;
-- called also bull trout, malma, and {red-spotted
trout}. See Malma.
[1913 Webster]Bull trout \Bull" trout`\ (Zool.)
(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 Varden trout and red-spotted trout.
(c) The huso or salmon of the Danube.
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Bull trout
(gcide)		Huch \Huch\, Huchen \Hu"chen\, n. [G.] (Zool.)
A large salmon (Salmo hucho or Salvelinus hucho)
inhabiting the Danube; -- called also huso, and {bull
trout}.
[1913 Webster]malma \mal"ma\, n. (Zool.)
A spotted trout (Salvelinus malma), inhabiting Northern
America, west of the Rocky Mountains; -- called also {Dolly
Varden trout}, bull trout, red-spotted trout, and
golet.
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[1913 Webster]Dolly Varden \Dol"ly Var"den\
1. A character in Dickens's novel "Barnaby Rudge," a
beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a
cherry-colored mantle and cherry-colored ribbons.
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2. A style of light, bright-figured dress goods for women;
also, a style of dress.
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Dolly Varden trout (Zool.), a trout of northwest America;
-- called also bull trout, malma, and {red-spotted
trout}. See Malma.
[1913 Webster]Bull trout \Bull" trout`\ (Zool.)
(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 Varden trout and red-spotted trout.
(c) The huso or salmon of the Danube.
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cutthroat trout
(gcide)		Mykiss \My"kiss\, n. [Russ. muikize, prob. fr. a native name.]
(Zool.)
A salmon (Salmo mykiss, syn. Salmo purpuratus) marked
with black spots and a red throat, found in most of the
rivers from Alaska to the Colorado River, and in Siberia; --
called also black-spotted trout, cutthroat trout, and
redthroat trout.
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Dolly Varden trout
(gcide)		malma \mal"ma\, n. (Zool.)
A spotted trout (Salvelinus malma), inhabiting Northern
America, west of the Rocky Mountains; -- called also {Dolly
Varden trout}, bull trout, red-spotted trout, and
golet.
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[1913 Webster]Dolly Varden \Dol"ly Var"den\
1. A character in Dickens's novel "Barnaby Rudge," a
beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a
cherry-colored mantle and cherry-colored ribbons.
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2. A style of light, bright-figured dress goods for women;
also, a style of dress.
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Dolly Varden trout (Zool.), a trout of northwest America;
-- called also bull trout, malma, and {red-spotted
trout}. See Malma.
[1913 Webster]Bull trout \Bull" trout`\ (Zool.)
(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 Varden trout and red-spotted trout.
(c) The huso or salmon of the Danube.
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golden trout
(gcide)		Rainbow \Rain"bow`\ (r[=a]n"b[=o]`), n. [AS. regenboga, akin to
G. regenbogen. See Rain, and Bow anything bent.]
A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several
colors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the
hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and
reflection of the sun's rays in drops of falling rain.
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Note: Besides the ordinary bow, called also primary rainbow,
which is formed by two refractions and one reflection,
there is also another often seen exterior to it, called
the secondary rainbow, concentric with the first, and
separated from it by a small interval. It is formed by
two refractions and two reflections, is much fainter
than the primary bow, and has its colors arranged in
the reverse order from those of the latter.
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Lunar rainbow, a fainter arch or rainbow, formed by the
moon.

Marine rainbow, Sea bow, a similar bow seen in the spray
of waves at sea.

Rainbow trout (Zool.), a bright-colored trout ({Salmo
irideus}), native of the mountains of California, but now
extensively introduced into the Eastern States, Japan, and
other countries; -- called also brook trout, {mountain
trout}, and golden trout.

Rainbow wrasse. (Zool.) See under Wrasse.

Supernumerary rainbow, a smaller bow, usually of red and
green colors only, sometimes seen within the primary or
without the secondary rainbow, and in contact with them.
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gray trout
(gcide)		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. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of fishes belonging to
Salmo, Salvelinus, and allied genera of the family
Salmonidae. They are highly esteemed as game fishes and
for the quality of their flesh. All the species breed in
fresh water, but after spawning many of them descend to
the sea if they have an opportunity.
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Note: The most important European species are the river, or
brown, trout (Salmo fario), the salmon trout, and the
sewen. The most important American species are the
brook, speckled, or red-spotted, trout ({Salvelinus
fontinalis}) of the Northern United States and Canada;
the red-spotted trout, or Dolly Varden (see Malma);
the lake trout (see Namaycush); the black-spotted,
mountain, or silver, trout (Salmo purpuratus); the
golden, or rainbow, trout (see under Rainbow); the
blueback trout (see Oquassa); and the salmon trout
(see under Salmon.) The European trout has been
introduced into America.
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2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of marine fishes more
or less resembling a trout in appearance or habits, but
not belonging to the same family, especially the
California rock trouts, the common squeteague, and the
southern, or spotted, squeteague; -- called also
salt-water trout, sea trout, shad trout, and {gray
trout}. See Squeteague, and Rock trout under Rock.
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Trout perch (Zool.), a small fresh-water American fish
(Percopsis guttatus), allied to the trout, but
resembling a perch in its scales and mouth.
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Lake trout
(gcide)		Lake \Lake\, n. [AS. lac, L. lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea,
Icel. l["o]gr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. la`kkos pond, tank. Cf.
Loch, Lough.]
A large body of water contained in a depression of the
earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or
less extended area.
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Note: Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt
lakes, like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually
no outlet to the ocean.
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Lake dwellers (Ethnol.), people of a prehistoric race, or
races, which inhabited different parts of Europe. Their
dwellings were built on piles in lakes, a short distance
from the shore. Their relics are common in the lakes of
Switzerland.

Lake dwellings (Archaeol.), dwellings built over a lake,
sometimes on piles, and sometimes on rude foundations kept
in place by piles; specifically, such dwellings of
prehistoric times. Lake dwellings are still used by many
savage tribes. Called also lacustrine dwellings. See
Crannog.

Lake fly (Zool.), any one of numerous species of dipterous
flies of the genus Chironomus. In form they resemble
mosquitoes, but they do not bite. The larvae live in
lakes.

Lake herring (Zool.), the cisco (Coregonus Artedii).

Lake poets, Lake school, a collective name originally
applied in contempt, but now in honor, to Southey,
Coleridge, and Wordsworth, who lived in the lake country
of Cumberland, England, Lamb and a few others were classed
with these by hostile critics. Called also lakers and
lakists.

Lake sturgeon (Zool.), a sturgeon (Acipenser rubicundus),
of moderate size, found in the Great Lakes and the
Mississippi River. It is used as food.

Lake trout (Zool.), any one of several species of trout and
salmon; in Europe, esp. Salmo fario; in the United
States, esp. Salvelinus namaycush of the Great Lakes,
and of various lakes in New York, Eastern Maine, and
Canada. A large variety of brook trout ({Salvelinus
fontinalis}), inhabiting many lakes in New England, is
also called lake trout. See Namaycush.

Lake whitefish. (Zool.) See Whitefish.

Lake whiting (Zool.), an American whitefish ({Coregonus
Labradoricus}), found in many lakes in the Northern United
States and Canada. It is more slender than the common
whitefish.
[1913 Webster]Namaycush \Nam"ay*cush\, n. [Indian name.] (Zool.)
A large North American lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush).
It is usually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over
forty pounds. Called also Mackinaw trout, lake trout,
lake salmon, salmon trout, togue, and tuladi.
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lake trout
(gcide)		Lake \Lake\, n. [AS. lac, L. lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea,
Icel. l["o]gr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. la`kkos pond, tank. Cf.
Loch, Lough.]
A large body of water contained in a depression of the
earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or
less extended area.
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Note: Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt
lakes, like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually
no outlet to the ocean.
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Lake dwellers (Ethnol.), people of a prehistoric race, or
races, which inhabited different parts of Europe. Their
dwellings were built on piles in lakes, a short distance
from the shore. Their relics are common in the lakes of
Switzerland.

Lake dwellings (Archaeol.), dwellings built over a lake,
sometimes on piles, and sometimes on rude foundations kept
in place by piles; specifically, such dwellings of
prehistoric times. Lake dwellings are still used by many
savage tribes. Called also lacustrine dwellings. See
Crannog.

Lake fly (Zool.), any one of numerous species of dipterous
flies of the genus Chironomus. In form they resemble
mosquitoes, but they do not bite. The larvae live in
lakes.

Lake herring (Zool.), the cisco (Coregonus Artedii).

Lake poets, Lake school, a collective name originally
applied in contempt, but now in honor, to Southey,
Coleridge, and Wordsworth, who lived in the lake country
of Cumberland, England, Lamb and a few others were classed
with these by hostile critics. Called also lakers and
lakists.

Lake sturgeon (Zool.), a sturgeon (Acipenser rubicundus),
of moderate size, found in the Great Lakes and the
Mississippi River. It is used as food.

Lake trout (Zool.), any one of several species of trout and
salmon; in Europe, esp. Salmo fario; in the United
States, esp. Salvelinus namaycush of the Great Lakes,
and of various lakes in New York, Eastern Maine, and
Canada. A large variety of brook trout ({Salvelinus
fontinalis}), inhabiting many lakes in New England, is
also called lake trout. See Namaycush.

Lake whitefish. (Zool.) See Whitefish.

Lake whiting (Zool.), an American whitefish ({Coregonus
Labradoricus}), found in many lakes in the Northern United
States and Canada. It is more slender than the common
whitefish.
[1913 Webster]Namaycush \Nam"ay*cush\, n. [Indian name.] (Zool.)
A large North American lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush).
It is usually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over
forty pounds. Called also Mackinaw trout, lake trout,
lake salmon, salmon trout, togue, and tuladi.
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Mackinaw trout
(gcide)		Mackinaw trout \Mackinaw trout\
The namaycush.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Namaycush \Nam"ay*cush\, n. [Indian name.] (Zool.)
A large North American lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush).
It is usually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over
forty pounds. Called also Mackinaw trout, lake trout,
lake salmon, salmon trout, togue, and tuladi.
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mountain trout
(gcide)		Rainbow \Rain"bow`\ (r[=a]n"b[=o]`), n. [AS. regenboga, akin to
G. regenbogen. See Rain, and Bow anything bent.]
A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several
colors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the
hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and
reflection of the sun's rays in drops of falling rain.
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Note: Besides the ordinary bow, called also primary rainbow,
which is formed by two refractions and one reflection,
there is also another often seen exterior to it, called
the secondary rainbow, concentric with the first, and
separated from it by a small interval. It is formed by
two refractions and two reflections, is much fainter
than the primary bow, and has its colors arranged in
the reverse order from those of the latter.
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Lunar rainbow, a fainter arch or rainbow, formed by the
moon.

Marine rainbow, Sea bow, a similar bow seen in the spray
of waves at sea.

Rainbow trout (Zool.), a bright-colored trout ({Salmo
irideus}), native of the mountains of California, but now
extensively introduced into the Eastern States, Japan, and
other countries; -- called also brook trout, {mountain
trout}, and golden trout.

Rainbow wrasse. (Zool.) See under Wrasse.

Supernumerary rainbow, a smaller bow, usually of red and
green colors only, sometimes seen within the primary or
without the secondary rainbow, and in contact with them.
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Rainbow trout
(gcide)		Rainbow \Rain"bow`\ (r[=a]n"b[=o]`), n. [AS. regenboga, akin to
G. regenbogen. See Rain, and Bow anything bent.]
A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several
colors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the
hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and
reflection of the sun's rays in drops of falling rain.
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Note: Besides the ordinary bow, called also primary rainbow,
which is formed by two refractions and one reflection,
there is also another often seen exterior to it, called
the secondary rainbow, concentric with the first, and
separated from it by a small interval. It is formed by
two refractions and two reflections, is much fainter
than the primary bow, and has its colors arranged in
the reverse order from those of the latter.
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Lunar rainbow, a fainter arch or rainbow, formed by the
moon.

Marine rainbow, Sea bow, a similar bow seen in the spray
of waves at sea.

Rainbow trout (Zool.), a bright-colored trout ({Salmo
irideus}), native of the mountains of California, but now
extensively introduced into the Eastern States, Japan, and
other countries; -- called also brook trout, {mountain
trout}, and golden trout.

Rainbow wrasse. (Zool.) See under Wrasse.

Supernumerary rainbow, a smaller bow, usually of red and
green colors only, sometimes seen within the primary or
without the secondary rainbow, and in contact with them.
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red-spotted trout
(gcide)		malma \mal"ma\, n. (Zool.)
A spotted trout (Salvelinus malma), inhabiting Northern
America, west of the Rocky Mountains; -- called also {Dolly
Varden trout}, bull trout, red-spotted trout, and
golet.
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[1913 Webster]Dolly Varden \Dol"ly Var"den\
1. A character in Dickens's novel "Barnaby Rudge," a
beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a
cherry-colored mantle and cherry-colored ribbons.
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2. A style of light, bright-figured dress goods for women;
also, a style of dress.
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Dolly Varden trout (Zool.), a trout of northwest America;
-- called also bull trout, malma, and {red-spotted
trout}. See Malma.
[1913 Webster]Bull trout \Bull" trout`\ (Zool.)
(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 Varden trout and red-spotted trout.
(c) The huso or salmon of the Danube.
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redthroat trout
(gcide)		Mykiss \My"kiss\, n. [Russ. muikize, prob. fr. a native name.]
(Zool.)
A salmon (Salmo mykiss, syn. Salmo purpuratus) marked
with black spots and a red throat, found in most of the
rivers from Alaska to the Colorado River, and in Siberia; --
called also black-spotted trout, cutthroat trout, and
redthroat trout.
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Rock trout
(gcide)		Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS.
rocc.]
1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed
stone or crag. See Stone.
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Come one, come all! this rock shall fly
From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's
crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth,
clay, etc., when in natural beds.
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3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a
support; a refuge.
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The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii.
2.
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4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling
the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
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5. (Zool.) The striped bass. See under Bass.
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Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built,
rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like.
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Rock alum. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a
rock.] Same as Roche alum.

Rock barnacle (Zool.), a barnacle (Balanus balanoides)
very abundant on rocks washed by tides.

Rock bass. (Zool.)
(a) The stripped bass. See under Bass.
(b) The goggle-eye.
(c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called
rock bass.

Rock builder (Zool.), any species of animal whose remains
contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the
corals and Foraminifera.

Rock butter (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide
of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white
color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous
slate.

Rock candy, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure
sugar which are very hard, whence the name.

Rock cavy. (Zool.) See Moco.

Rock cod (Zool.)
(a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod
found about rocks andledges.
(b) A California rockfish.

Rock cook. (Zool.)
(a) A European wrasse (Centrolabrus exoletus).
(b) A rockling.

Rock cork (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which
are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture.


Rock crab (Zool.), any one of several species of large
crabs of the genus C, as the two species of the New
England coast (Cancer irroratus and Cancer borealis).
See Illust. under Cancer.

Rock cress (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress
kind found on rocks, as Arabis petraea, Arabis lyrata,
etc.

Rock crystal (Min.), limpid quartz. See Quartz, and under
Crystal.

Rock dove (Zool.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock
doo}.

Rock drill, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp.,
a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for
drilling holes for blasting, etc.

Rock duck (Zool.), the harlequin duck.

Rock eel. (Zool.) See Gunnel.

Rock goat (Zool.), a wild goat, or ibex.

Rock hopper (Zool.), a penguin of the genus Catarractes.
See under Penguin.

Rock kangaroo. (Zool.) See Kangaroo, and Petrogale.

Rock lobster (Zool.), any one of several species of large
spinose lobsters of the genera Panulirus and
Palinurus. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny
lobster}, and sea crayfish.

Rock meal (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite
occuring as an efflorescence.

Rock milk. (Min.) See Agaric mineral, under Agaric.

Rock moss, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See Cudbear.

Rock oil. See Petroleum.

Rock parrakeet (Zool.), a small Australian parrakeet
(Euphema petrophila), which nests in holes among the
rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive
green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing
quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish
green.

Rock pigeon (Zool.), the wild pigeon (Columba livia) Of
Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was
derived. See Illust. under Pigeon.

Rock pipit. (Zool.) See the Note under Pipit.

Rock plover. (Zool.)
(a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover.
(b) The rock snipe.

Rock ptarmigan (Zool.), an arctic American ptarmigan
(Lagopus rupestris), which in winter is white, with the
tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish
brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black
patches on the back.

Rock rabbit (Zool.), the hyrax. See Cony, and Daman.

Rock ruby (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet.

Rock salt (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring
in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from
the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes
given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation
from sea water in large basins or cavities.

Rock seal (Zool.), the harbor seal. See Seal.

Rock shell (Zool.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and
allied genera.

Rock snake (Zool.), any one of several large pythons; as,
the royal rock snake (Python regia) of Africa, and the
rock snake of India (Python molurus). The Australian
rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus Morelia.


Rock snipe (Zool.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa
maritima}); -- called also rock bird, rock plover,
winter snipe.

Rock soap (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy
feel, and adhering to the tongue.

Rock sparrow. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of
the genus Petronia, as Petronia stulla, of Europe.
(b) A North American sparrow (Pucaea ruficeps).

Rock tar, petroleum.

Rock thrush (Zool.), any Old World thrush of the genus
Monticola, or Petrocossyphus; as, the European rock
thrush (Monticola saxatilis), and the blue rock thrush
of India (Monticola cyaneus), in which the male is blue
throughout.

Rock tripe (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria
Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of
America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous
or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases
of extremity.

Rock trout (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
food fishes of the genus Hexagrammus, family Chiradae,
native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea
trout}, boregat, bodieron, and starling.

Rock warbler (Zool.), a small Australian singing bird
(Origma rubricata) which frequents rocky ravines and
water courses; -- called also cataract bird.

Rock wren (Zool.), any one of several species of wrens of
the genus Salpinctes, native of the arid plains of Lower
California and Mexico.
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Salmon trout
(gcide)		Salmon \Salm"on\ (s[a^]m"[u^]n), n.; pl. Salmons (-[u^]nz) or
(collectively) Salmon. [OE. saumoun, salmon, F. saumon, fr.
L. salmo, salmonis, perhaps from salire to leap. Cf. Sally,
v.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of fishes of the genus
Salmo and allied genera. The common salmon ({Salmo
salar}) of Northern Europe and Eastern North America, and
the California salmon, or quinnat, are the most important
species. They are extensively preserved for food. See
Quinnat.
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Note: The salmons ascend rivers and penetrate to their head
streams to spawn. They are remarkably strong fishes,
and will even leap over considerable falls which lie in
the way of their progress. The common salmon has been
known to grow to the weight of seventy-five pounds;
more generally it is from fifteen to twenty-five
pounds. Young salmon are called parr, peal, smolt, and
grilse. Among the true salmons are:

Black salmon, or Lake salmon, the namaycush.

Dog salmon, a salmon of Western North America
(Oncorhynchus keta).

Humpbacked salmon, a Pacific-coast salmon ({Oncorhynchus
gorbuscha}).

King salmon, the quinnat.

Landlocked salmon, a variety of the common salmon (var.
Sebago), long confined in certain lakes in consequence of
obstructions that prevented it from returning to the sea.
This last is called also dwarf salmon.
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Note: Among fishes of other families which are locally and
erroneously called salmon are: the pike perch, called
jack salmon; the spotted, or southern, squeteague;
the cabrilla, called kelp salmon; young pollock,
called sea salmon; and the California yellowtail.
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2. A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the
salmon.
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Salmon berry (Bot.), a large red raspberry growing from
Alaska to California, the fruit of the Rubus Nutkanus.


Salmon killer (Zool.), a stickleback ({Gasterosteus
cataphractus}) of Western North America and Northern Asia.


Salmon ladder, Salmon stair. See Fish ladder, under
Fish.

Salmon peel, a young salmon.

Salmon pipe, a certain device for catching salmon. --Crabb.

Salmon trout. (Zool.)
(a) The European sea trout (Salmo trutta). It resembles
the salmon, but is smaller, and has smaller and more
numerous scales.
(b) The American namaycush.
(c) A name that is also applied locally to the adult black
spotted trout (Salmo purpuratus), and to the steel
head and other large trout of the Pacific coast.
[1913 Webster]Namaycush \Nam"ay*cush\, n. [Indian name.] (Zool.)
A large North American lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush).
It is usually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over
forty pounds. Called also Mackinaw trout, lake trout,
lake salmon, salmon trout, togue, and tuladi.
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salmon trout
(gcide)		Salmon \Salm"on\ (s[a^]m"[u^]n), n.; pl. Salmons (-[u^]nz) or
(collectively) Salmon. [OE. saumoun, salmon, F. saumon, fr.
L. salmo, salmonis, perhaps from salire to leap. Cf. Sally,
v.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of fishes of the genus
Salmo and allied genera. The common salmon ({Salmo
salar}) of Northern Europe and Eastern North America, and
the California salmon, or quinnat, are the most important
species. They are extensively preserved for food. See
Quinnat.
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Note: The salmons ascend rivers and penetrate to their head
streams to spawn. They are remarkably strong fishes,
and will even leap over considerable falls which lie in
the way of their progress. The common salmon has been
known to grow to the weight of seventy-five pounds;
more generally it is from fifteen to twenty-five
pounds. Young salmon are called parr, peal, smolt, and
grilse. Among the true salmons are:

Black salmon, or Lake salmon, the namaycush.

Dog salmon, a salmon of Western North America
(Oncorhynchus keta).

Humpbacked salmon, a Pacific-coast salmon ({Oncorhynchus
gorbuscha}).

King salmon, the quinnat.

Landlocked salmon, a variety of the common salmon (var.
Sebago), long confined in certain lakes in consequence of
obstructions that prevented it from returning to the sea.
This last is called also dwarf salmon.
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Note: Among fishes of other families which are locally and
erroneously called salmon are: the pike perch, called
jack salmon; the spotted, or southern, squeteague;
the cabrilla, called kelp salmon; young pollock,
called sea salmon; and the California yellowtail.
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2. A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the
salmon.
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Salmon berry (Bot.), a large red raspberry growing from
Alaska to California, the fruit of the Rubus Nutkanus.


Salmon killer (Zool.), a stickleback ({Gasterosteus
cataphractus}) of Western North America and Northern Asia.


Salmon ladder, Salmon stair. See Fish ladder, under
Fish.

Salmon peel, a young salmon.

Salmon pipe, a certain device for catching salmon. --Crabb.

Salmon trout. (Zool.)
(a) The European sea trout (Salmo trutta). It resembles
the salmon, but is smaller, and has smaller and more
numerous scales.
(b) The American namaycush.
(c) A name that is also applied locally to the adult black
spotted trout (Salmo purpuratus), and to the steel
head and other large trout of the Pacific coast.
[1913 Webster]Namaycush \Nam"ay*cush\, n. [Indian name.] (Zool.)
A large North American lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush).
It is usually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over
forty pounds. Called also Mackinaw trout, lake trout,
lake salmon, salmon trout, togue, and tuladi.
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salt-water trout
(gcide)		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. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of fishes belonging to
Salmo, Salvelinus, and allied genera of the family
Salmonidae. They are highly esteemed as game fishes and
for the quality of their flesh. All the species breed in
fresh water, but after spawning many of them descend to
the sea if they have an opportunity.
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Note: The most important European species are the river, or
brown, trout (Salmo fario), the salmon trout, and the
sewen. The most important American species are the
brook, speckled, or red-spotted, trout ({Salvelinus
fontinalis}) of the Northern United States and Canada;
the red-spotted trout, or Dolly Varden (see Malma);
the lake trout (see Namaycush); the black-spotted,
mountain, or silver, trout (Salmo purpuratus); the
golden, or rainbow, trout (see under Rainbow); the
blueback trout (see Oquassa); and the salmon trout
(see under Salmon.) The European trout has been
introduced into America.
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2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of marine fishes more
or less resembling a trout in appearance or habits, but
not belonging to the same family, especially the
California rock trouts, the common squeteague, and the
southern, or spotted, squeteague; -- called also
salt-water trout, sea trout, shad trout, and {gray
trout}. See Squeteague, and Rock trout under Rock.
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Trout perch (Zool.), a small fresh-water American fish
(Percopsis guttatus), allied to the trout, but
resembling a perch in its scales and mouth.
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Sea trout
(gcide)		Sea trout \Sea" trout`\ (Zool.)
(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 squeteague.
(c) A California fish of the family Chiridae, especially
Hexagrammus decagrammus; -- called also {spotted rock
trout}. See Rock trout, under Rock.
(d) A California sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion nobilis); --
called also white sea bass.
[1913 Webster]squeteague \sque*teague"\ (skw[-e]*t[=e]g"), n. [From the North
American Indian name.] (Zool.)
An American sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion regalis), abundant on
the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a
food fish. It is of a bright silvery color, with iridescent
reflections. Called also weakfish, squitee, chickwit,
and sea trout. The spotted squeteague ({Cynoscion
nebulosus}) of the Southern United States is a similar fish,
but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It is
called also spotted weakfish and squit, and, locally,
sea trout, and sea salmon. See also under squitee.
[1913 Webster]Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS.
rocc.]
1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed
stone or crag. See Stone.
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Come one, come all! this rock shall fly
From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's
crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth,
clay, etc., when in natural beds.
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3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a
support; a refuge.
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The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii.
2.
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4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling
the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
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5. (Zool.) The striped bass. See under Bass.
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Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built,
rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like.
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Rock alum. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a
rock.] Same as Roche alum.

Rock barnacle (Zool.), a barnacle (Balanus balanoides)
very abundant on rocks washed by tides.

Rock bass. (Zool.)
(a) The stripped bass. See under Bass.
(b) The goggle-eye.
(c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called
rock bass.

Rock builder (Zool.), any species of animal whose remains
contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the
corals and Foraminifera.

Rock butter (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide
of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white
color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous
slate.

Rock candy, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure
sugar which are very hard, whence the name.

Rock cavy. (Zool.) See Moco.

Rock cod (Zool.)
(a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod
found about rocks andledges.
(b) A California rockfish.

Rock cook. (Zool.)
(a) A European wrasse (Centrolabrus exoletus).
(b) A rockling.

Rock cork (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which
are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture.


Rock crab (Zool.), any one of several species of large
crabs of the genus C, as the two species of the New
England coast (Cancer irroratus and Cancer borealis).
See Illust. under Cancer.

Rock cress (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress
kind found on rocks, as Arabis petraea, Arabis lyrata,
etc.

Rock crystal (Min.), limpid quartz. See Quartz, and under
Crystal.

Rock dove (Zool.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock
doo}.

Rock drill, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp.,
a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for
drilling holes for blasting, etc.

Rock duck (Zool.), the harlequin duck.

Rock eel. (Zool.) See Gunnel.

Rock goat (Zool.), a wild goat, or ibex.

Rock hopper (Zool.), a penguin of the genus Catarractes.
See under Penguin.

Rock kangaroo. (Zool.) See Kangaroo, and Petrogale.

Rock lobster (Zool.), any one of several species of large
spinose lobsters of the genera Panulirus and
Palinurus. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny
lobster}, and sea crayfish.

Rock meal (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite
occuring as an efflorescence.

Rock milk. (Min.) See Agaric mineral, under Agaric.

Rock moss, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See Cudbear.

Rock oil. See Petroleum.

Rock parrakeet (Zool.), a small Australian parrakeet
(Euphema petrophila), which nests in holes among the
rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive
green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing
quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish
green.

Rock pigeon (Zool.), the wild pigeon (Columba livia) Of
Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was
derived. See Illust. under Pigeon.

Rock pipit. (Zool.) See the Note under Pipit.

Rock plover. (Zool.)
(a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover.
(b) The rock snipe.

Rock ptarmigan (Zool.), an arctic American ptarmigan
(Lagopus rupestris), which in winter is white, with the
tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish
brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black
patches on the back.

Rock rabbit (Zool.), the hyrax. See Cony, and Daman.

Rock ruby (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet.

Rock salt (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring
in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from
the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes
given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation
from sea water in large basins or cavities.

Rock seal (Zool.), the harbor seal. See Seal.

Rock shell (Zool.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and
allied genera.

Rock snake (Zool.), any one of several large pythons; as,
the royal rock snake (Python regia) of Africa, and the
rock snake of India (Python molurus). The Australian
rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus Morelia.


Rock snipe (Zool.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa
maritima}); -- called also rock bird, rock plover,
winter snipe.

Rock soap (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy
feel, and adhering to the tongue.

Rock sparrow. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of
the genus Petronia, as Petronia stulla, of Europe.
(b) A North American sparrow (Pucaea ruficeps).

Rock tar, petroleum.

Rock thrush (Zool.), any Old World thrush of the genus
Monticola, or Petrocossyphus; as, the European rock
thrush (Monticola saxatilis), and the blue rock thrush
of India (Monticola cyaneus), in which the male is blue
throughout.

Rock tripe (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria
Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of
America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous
or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases
of extremity.

Rock trout (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
food fishes of the genus Hexagrammus, family Chiradae,
native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea
trout}, boregat, bodieron, and starling.

Rock warbler (Zool.), a small Australian singing bird
(Origma rubricata) which frequents rocky ravines and
water courses; -- called also cataract bird.

Rock wren (Zool.), any one of several species of wrens of
the genus Salpinctes, native of the arid plains of Lower
California and Mexico.
[1913 Webster]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. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of fishes belonging to
Salmo, Salvelinus, and allied genera of the family
Salmonidae. They are highly esteemed as game fishes and
for the quality of their flesh. All the species breed in
fresh water, but after spawning many of them descend to
the sea if they have an opportunity.
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Note: The most important European species are the river, or
brown, trout (Salmo fario), the salmon trout, and the
sewen. The most important American species are the
brook, speckled, or red-spotted, trout ({Salvelinus
fontinalis}) of the Northern United States and Canada;
the red-spotted trout, or Dolly Varden (see Malma);
the lake trout (see Namaycush); the black-spotted,
mountain, or silver, trout (Salmo purpuratus); the
golden, or rainbow, trout (see under Rainbow); the
blueback trout (see Oquassa); and the salmon trout
(see under Salmon.) The European trout has been
introduced into America.
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2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of marine fishes more
or less resembling a trout in appearance or habits, but
not belonging to the same family, especially the
California rock trouts, the common squeteague, and the
southern, or spotted, squeteague; -- called also
salt-water trout, sea trout, shad trout, and {gray
trout}. See Squeteague, and Rock trout under Rock.
[1913 Webster]

Trout perch (Zool.), a small fresh-water American fish
(Percopsis guttatus), allied to the trout, but
resembling a perch in its scales and mouth.
[1913 Webster]Bull trout \Bull" trout`\ (Zool.)
(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 Varden trout and red-spotted trout.
(c) The huso or salmon of the Danube.
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sea trout
(gcide)		Sea trout \Sea" trout`\ (Zool.)
(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 squeteague.
(c) A California fish of the family Chiridae, especially
Hexagrammus decagrammus; -- called also {spotted rock
trout}. See Rock trout, under Rock.
(d) A California sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion nobilis); --
called also white sea bass.
[1913 Webster]squeteague \sque*teague"\ (skw[-e]*t[=e]g"), n. [From the North
American Indian name.] (Zool.)
An American sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion regalis), abundant on
the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a
food fish. It is of a bright silvery color, with iridescent
reflections. Called also weakfish, squitee, chickwit,
and sea trout. The spotted squeteague ({Cynoscion
nebulosus}) of the Southern United States is a similar fish,
but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It is
called also spotted weakfish and squit, and, locally,
sea trout, and sea salmon. See also under squitee.
[1913 Webster]Rock \Rock\, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc'h, and AS.
rocc.]
1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed
stone or crag. See Stone.
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Come one, come all! this rock shall fly
From its firm base as soon as I. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. (Geol.) Any natural deposit forming a part of the earth's
crust, whether consolidated or not, including sand, earth,
clay, etc., when in natural beds.
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3. That which resembles a rock in firmness; a defense; a
support; a refuge.
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The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. --2 Sam. xxii.
2.
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4. Fig.: Anything which causes a disaster or wreck resembling
the wreck of a vessel upon a rock.
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5. (Zool.) The striped bass. See under Bass.
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Note: This word is frequently used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, rock-bound, rock-built,
rock-ribbed, rock-roofed, and the like.
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Rock alum. [Probably so called by confusion with F. roche a
rock.] Same as Roche alum.

Rock barnacle (Zool.), a barnacle (Balanus balanoides)
very abundant on rocks washed by tides.

Rock bass. (Zool.)
(a) The stripped bass. See under Bass.
(b) The goggle-eye.
(c) The cabrilla. Other species are also locally called
rock bass.

Rock builder (Zool.), any species of animal whose remains
contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the
corals and Foraminifera.

Rock butter (Min.), native alum mixed with clay and oxide
of iron, usually in soft masses of a yellowish white
color, occuring in cavities and fissures in argillaceous
slate.

Rock candy, a form of candy consisting of crystals of pure
sugar which are very hard, whence the name.

Rock cavy. (Zool.) See Moco.

Rock cod (Zool.)
(a) A small, often reddish or brown, variety of the cod
found about rocks andledges.
(b) A California rockfish.

Rock cook. (Zool.)
(a) A European wrasse (Centrolabrus exoletus).
(b) A rockling.

Rock cork (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which
are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture.


Rock crab (Zool.), any one of several species of large
crabs of the genus C, as the two species of the New
England coast (Cancer irroratus and Cancer borealis).
See Illust. under Cancer.

Rock cress (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress
kind found on rocks, as Arabis petraea, Arabis lyrata,
etc.

Rock crystal (Min.), limpid quartz. See Quartz, and under
Crystal.

Rock dove (Zool.), the rock pigeon; -- called also {rock
doo}.

Rock drill, an implement for drilling holes in rock; esp.,
a machine impelled by steam or compressed air, for
drilling holes for blasting, etc.

Rock duck (Zool.), the harlequin duck.

Rock eel. (Zool.) See Gunnel.

Rock goat (Zool.), a wild goat, or ibex.

Rock hopper (Zool.), a penguin of the genus Catarractes.
See under Penguin.

Rock kangaroo. (Zool.) See Kangaroo, and Petrogale.

Rock lobster (Zool.), any one of several species of large
spinose lobsters of the genera Panulirus and
Palinurus. They have no large claws. Called also {spiny
lobster}, and sea crayfish.

Rock meal (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite
occuring as an efflorescence.

Rock milk. (Min.) See Agaric mineral, under Agaric.

Rock moss, a kind of lichen; the cudbear. See Cudbear.

Rock oil. See Petroleum.

Rock parrakeet (Zool.), a small Australian parrakeet
(Euphema petrophila), which nests in holes among the
rocks of high cliffs. Its general color is yellowish olive
green; a frontal band and the outer edge of the wing
quills are deep blue, and the central tail feathers bluish
green.

Rock pigeon (Zool.), the wild pigeon (Columba livia) Of
Europe and Asia, from which the domestic pigeon was
derived. See Illust. under Pigeon.

Rock pipit. (Zool.) See the Note under Pipit.

Rock plover. (Zool.)
(a) The black-bellied, or whistling, plover.
(b) The rock snipe.

Rock ptarmigan (Zool.), an arctic American ptarmigan
(Lagopus rupestris), which in winter is white, with the
tail and lores black. In summer the males are grayish
brown, coarsely vermiculated with black, and have black
patches on the back.

Rock rabbit (Zool.), the hyrax. See Cony, and Daman.

Rock ruby (Min.), a fine reddish variety of garnet.

Rock salt (Min.), cloride of sodium (common salt) occuring
in rocklike masses in mines; mineral salt; salt dug from
the earth. In the United States this name is sometimes
given to salt in large crystals, formed by evaporation
from sea water in large basins or cavities.

Rock seal (Zool.), the harbor seal. See Seal.

Rock shell (Zool.), any species of Murex, Purpura, and
allied genera.

Rock snake (Zool.), any one of several large pythons; as,
the royal rock snake (Python regia) of Africa, and the
rock snake of India (Python molurus). The Australian
rock snakes mostly belong to the allied genus Morelia.


Rock snipe (Zool.), the purple sandpiper ({Tringa
maritima}); -- called also rock bird, rock plover,
winter snipe.

Rock soap (Min.), a kind of clay having a smooth, greasy
feel, and adhering to the tongue.

Rock sparrow. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of Old World sparrows of
the genus Petronia, as Petronia stulla, of Europe.
(b) A North American sparrow (Pucaea ruficeps).

Rock tar, petroleum.

Rock thrush (Zool.), any Old World thrush of the genus
Monticola, or Petrocossyphus; as, the European rock
thrush (Monticola saxatilis), and the blue rock thrush
of India (Monticola cyaneus), in which the male is blue
throughout.

Rock tripe (Bot.), a kind of lichen ({Umbilicaria
Dillenii}) growing on rocks in the northen parts of
America, and forming broad, flat, coriaceous, dark fuscous
or blackish expansions. It has been used as food in cases
of extremity.

Rock trout (Zool.), any one of several species of marine
food fishes of the genus Hexagrammus, family Chiradae,
native of the North Pacific coasts; -- called also {sea
trout}, boregat, bodieron, and starling.

Rock warbler (Zool.), a small Australian singing bird
(Origma rubricata) which frequents rocky ravines and
water courses; -- called also cataract bird.

Rock wren (Zool.), any one of several species of wrens of
the genus Salpinctes, native of the arid plains of Lower
California and Mexico.
[1913 Webster]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. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of fishes belonging to
Salmo, Salvelinus, and allied genera of the family
Salmonidae. They are highly esteemed as game fishes and
for the quality of their flesh. All the species breed in
fresh water, but after spawning many of them descend to
the sea if they have an opportunity.
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Note: The most important European species are the river, or
brown, trout (Salmo fario), the salmon trout, and the
sewen. The most important American species are the
brook, speckled, or red-spotted, trout ({Salvelinus
fontinalis}) of the Northern United States and Canada;
the red-spotted trout, or Dolly Varden (see Malma);
the lake trout (see Namaycush); the black-spotted,
mountain, or silver, trout (Salmo purpuratus); the
golden, or rainbow, trout (see under Rainbow); the
blueback trout (see Oquassa); and the salmon trout
(see under Salmon.) The European trout has been
introduced into America.
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2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of marine fishes more
or less resembling a trout in appearance or habits, but
not belonging to the same family, especially the
California rock trouts, the common squeteague, and the
southern, or spotted, squeteague; -- called also
salt-water trout, sea trout, shad trout, and {gray
trout}. See Squeteague, and Rock trout under Rock.
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Trout perch (Zool.), a small fresh-water American fish
(Percopsis guttatus), allied to the trout, but
resembling a perch in its scales and mouth.
[1913 Webster]Bull trout \Bull" trout`\ (Zool.)
(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 Varden trout and red-spotted trout.
(c) The huso or salmon of the Danube.
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shad trout
(gcide)		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. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of fishes belonging to
Salmo, Salvelinus, and allied genera of the family
Salmonidae. They are highly esteemed as game fishes and
for the quality of their flesh. All the species breed in
fresh water, but after spawning many of them descend to
the sea if they have an opportunity.
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Note: The most important European species are the river, or
brown, trout (Salmo fario), the salmon trout, and the
sewen. The most important American species are the
brook, speckled, or red-spotted, trout ({Salvelinus
fontinalis}) of the Northern United States and Canada;
the red-spotted trout, or Dolly Varden (see Malma);
the lake trout (see Namaycush); the black-spotted,
mountain, or silver, trout (Salmo purpuratus); the
golden, or rainbow, trout (see under Rainbow); the
blueback trout (see Oquassa); and the salmon trout
(see under Salmon.) The European trout has been
introduced into America.
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2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of marine fishes more
or less resembling a trout in appearance or habits, but
not belonging to the same family, especially the
California rock trouts, the common squeteague, and the
southern, or spotted, squeteague; -- called also
salt-water trout, sea trout, shad trout, and {gray
trout}. See Squeteague, and Rock trout under Rock.
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Trout perch (Zool.), a small fresh-water American fish
(Percopsis guttatus), allied to the trout, but
resembling a perch in its scales and mouth.
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Silver trout
(gcide)		Silver \Sil"ver\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver
leaf; a silver cup.
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2. Resembling silver. Specifically:
(a) Bright; resplendent; white. "Silver hair." --Shak.
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Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed
Their downy breast. --Milton.
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(b) Precious; costly.
(c) Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear. "Silver
voices." --Spenser.
(d) Sweet; gentle; peaceful. "Silver slumber." --Spenser.
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American silver fir (Bot.), the balsam fir. See under
Balsam.

Silver age (Roman Lit.), the latter part (a. d. 14-180) of
the classical period of Latinity, -- the time of writers
of inferior purity of language, as compared with those of
the previous golden age, so-called.

Silver-bell tree (Bot.), an American shrub or small tree
(Halesia tetraptera) with white bell-shaped flowers in
clusters or racemes; the snowdrop tree.

Silver bush (Bot.), a shrubby leguminous plant ({Anthyllis
Barba-Jovis}) of Southern Europe, having silvery foliage.


Silver chub (Zool.), the fallfish.

Silver eel. (Zool.)
(a) The cutlass fish.
(b) A pale variety of the common eel.

Silver fir (Bot.), a coniferous tree (Abies pectinata)
found in mountainous districts in the middle and south of
Europe, where it often grows to the height of 100 or 150
feet. It yields Burgundy pitch and Strasburg turpentine.


Silver foil, foil made of silver.

Silver fox (Zool.), a variety of the common fox ({Vulpes
vulpes}, variety argenteus) found in the northern parts of
Asia, Europe, and America. Its fur is nearly black, with
silvery tips, and is highly valued. Called also {black
fox}, and silver-gray fox.

Silver gar. (Zool.) See Billfish
(a) .

Silver grain (Bot.), the lines or narrow plates of cellular
tissue which pass from the pith to the bark of an
exogenous stem; the medullary rays. In the wood of the oak
they are much larger than in that of the beech, maple,
pine, cherry, etc.

Silver grebe (Zool.), the red-throated diver. See Illust.
under Diver.

Silver hake (Zool.), the American whiting.

Silver leaf, leaves or sheets made of silver beaten very
thin.

Silver lunge (Zool.), the namaycush.

Silver moonfish.(Zool.) See Moonfish
(b) .

Silver moth (Zool.), a lepisma.

Silver owl (Zool.), the barn owl.

Silver perch (Zool.), the mademoiselle, 2.

Silver pheasant (Zool.), any one of several species of
beautiful crested and long-tailed Asiatic pheasants, of
the genus Euplocamus. They have the tail and more or
less of the upper parts silvery white. The most common
species (Euplocamus nychtemerus) is native of China.

Silver plate,
(a) domestic utensils made of a base metal coated with
silver.
(b) a plating of silver on a base metal.

Silver plover (Zool.), the knot.

Silver salmon (Zool.), a salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
native of both coasts of the North Pacific. It ascends all
the American rivers as far south as the Sacramento. Called
also kisutch, whitefish, and white salmon.

Silver shell (Zool.), a marine bivalve of the genus Anomia.
See Anomia.

Silver steel, an alloy of steel with a very small
proportion of silver.

Silver stick, a title given to the title field officer of
the Life Guards when on duty at the palace. [Eng.]
--Thackeray.

Silver tree (Bot.), a South African tree ({Leucadendron
argenteum}) with long, silvery, silky leaves.

Silver trout, (Zool.) See Trout.

Silver wedding. See under Wedding.

Silver whiting (Zool.), a marine sciaenoid food fish
(Menticirrus littoralis) native of the Southern United
States; -- called also surf whiting.

Silver witch (Zool.), A lepisma.
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Speckled trout
(gcide)		Speckled \Spec"kled\, a.
Marked or variegated with small spots of a different color
from that of the rest of the surface.
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Speckled Indians (Ethnol.), the Pintos.

Speckled trout. (Zool.)
(a) The common American brook trout. See Trout.
(b) The rainbow trout.
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spotted rock trout
(gcide)		Sea trout \Sea" trout`\ (Zool.)
(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 squeteague.
(c) A California fish of the family Chiridae, especially
Hexagrammus decagrammus; -- called also {spotted rock
trout}. See Rock trout, under Rock.
(d) A California sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion nobilis); --
called also white sea bass.
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Strout
(gcide)		Strout \Strout\, v. i. [See Strut.]
To swell; to puff out; to project. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]Strout \Strout\, v. t.
To cause to project or swell out; to enlarge affectedly; to
strut. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Sun trout
(gcide)		Sun \Sun\, n. [OE. sunne, sonne, AS. sunne; akin to OFries.
sunne, D. zon, OS. & OHG. sunna, G. sonne, Icel. sunna, Goth.
sunna; perh. fr. same root as L. sol. [root]297. Cf. Solar,
South.]
1. The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes day, and
its absence night; the central body round which the earth
and planets revolve, by which they are held in their
orbits, and from which they receive light and heat. Its
mean distance from the earth is about 92,500,000 miles,
and its diameter about 860,000.
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Note: Its mean apparent diameter as seen from the earth is
32' 4[sec], and it revolves on its own axis once in
251/3 days. Its mean density is about one fourth of
that of the earth, or 1.41, that of water being unity.
Its luminous surface is called the photosphere, above
which is an envelope consisting partly of hydrogen,
called the chromosphere, which can be seen only through
the spectroscope, or at the time of a total solar
eclipse. Above the chromosphere, and sometimes
extending out millions of miles, are luminous rays or
streams of light which are visible only at the time of
a total eclipse, forming the solar corona.
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2. Any heavenly body which forms the center of a system of
orbs.
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3. The direct light or warmth of the sun; sunshine.
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Lambs that did frisk in the sun. --Shak.
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4. That which resembles the sun, as in splendor or
importance; any source of light, warmth, or animation.
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For the Lord God is a sun and shield. --Ps. lxxiv.
11.
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I will never consent to put out the sun of
sovereignity to posterity. --Eikon
Basilike.
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Sun and planet wheels (Mach.), an ingenious contrivance for
converting reciprocating motion, as that of the working
beam of a steam engine, into rotatory motion. It consists
of a toothed wheel (called the sun wheel), firmly secured
to the shaft it is desired to drive, and another wheel
(called the planet wheel) secured to the end of a
connecting rod. By the motion of the connecting rod, the
planet wheel is made to circulate round the central wheel
on the shaft, communicating to this latter a velocity of
revolution the double of its own. --G. Francis.

Sun angel (Zool.), a South American humming bird of the
genus Heliangelos, noted for its beautiful colors and
the brilliant luster of the feathers of its throat.

Sun animalcute. (Zool.) See Heliozoa.

Sun bath (Med.), exposure of a patient to the sun's rays;
insolation.

Sun bear (Zool.), a species of bear (Helarctos Malayanus)
native of Southern Asia and Borneo. It has a small head
and short neck, and fine short glossy fur, mostly black,
but brownish on the nose. It is easily tamed. Called also
bruang, and Malayan bear.

Sun beetle (Zool.), any small lustrous beetle of the genus
Amara.

Sun bittern (Zool.), a singular South American bird
(Eurypyga helias), in some respects related both to the
rails and herons. It is beautifully variegated with white,
brown, and black. Called also sunbird, and {tiger
bittern}.

Sun fever (Med.), the condition of fever produced by sun
stroke.

Sun gem (Zool.), a Brazilian humming bird ({Heliactin
cornutus}). Its head is ornamented by two tufts of bright
colored feathers, fiery crimson at the base and greenish
yellow at the tip. Called also Horned hummer.

Sun grebe (Zool.), the finfoot.

Sun picture, a picture taken by the agency of the sun's
rays; a photograph.

Sun spots (Astron.), dark spots that appear on the sun's
disk, consisting commonly of a black central portion with
a surrounding border of lighter shade, and usually seen
only by the telescope, but sometimes by the naked eye.
They are very changeable in their figure and dimensions,
and vary in size from mere apparent points to spaces of
50,000 miles in diameter. The term sun spots is often used
to include bright spaces (called faculae) as well as dark
spaces (called maculae). Called also solar spots. See
Illustration in Appendix.

Sun star (Zool.), any one of several species of starfishes
belonging to Solaster, Crossaster, and allied genera,
having numerous rays.

Sun trout (Zool.), the squeteague.

Sun wheel. (Mach.) See Sun and planet wheels, above.

Under the sun, in the world; on earth. "There is no new
thing under the sun." --Eccl. i. 9.
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Note: Sun is often used in the formation of compound
adjectives of obvious meaning; as, sun-bright,
sun-dried, sun-gilt, sunlike, sun-lit, sun-scorched,
and the like.
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Trout perch
(gcide)		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. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of fishes belonging to
Salmo, Salvelinus, and allied genera of the family
Salmonidae. They are highly esteemed as game fishes and
for the quality of their flesh. All the species breed in
fresh water, but after spawning many of them descend to
the sea if they have an opportunity.
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Note: The most important European species are the river, or
brown, trout (Salmo fario), the salmon trout, and the
sewen. The most important American species are the
brook, speckled, or red-spotted, trout ({Salvelinus
fontinalis}) of the Northern United States and Canada;
the red-spotted trout, or Dolly Varden (see Malma);
the lake trout (see Namaycush); the black-spotted,
mountain, or silver, trout (Salmo purpuratus); the
golden, or rainbow, trout (see under Rainbow); the
blueback trout (see Oquassa); and the salmon trout
(see under Salmon.) The European trout has been
introduced into America.
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2. (Zool.) Any one of several species of marine fishes more
or less resembling a trout in appearance or habits, but
not belonging to the same family, especially the
California rock trouts, the common squeteague, and the
southern, or spotted, squeteague; -- called also
salt-water trout, sea trout, shad trout, and {gray
trout}. See Squeteague, and Rock trout under Rock.
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Trout perch (Zool.), a small fresh-water American fish
(Percopsis guttatus), allied to the trout, but
resembling a perch in its scales and mouth.
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Trout shad
(gcide)		Shad \Shad\ (sh[a^]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of
fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a
herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a
fish.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring
family. The American species (Alosa sapidissima formerly
Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic
coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an
important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose
(Alosa alosa formerly Clupea alosa), and the twaite shad
(Alosa finta formerly Clupea finta), are less important
species. [Written also chad.]
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Note: The name is loosely applied, also, to several other
fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under Gizzard),
called also mud shad, white-eyed shad, and {winter
shad}.
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Hardboaded shad, or Yellow-tailed shad, the menhaden.

Hickory shad, or Tailor shad, the mattowacca.

Long-boned shad, one of several species of important food
fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus
Gerres.

Shad bush (Bot.), a name given to the North American shrubs
or small trees of the rosaceous genus Amelanchier
(Amelanchier Canadensis, and Amelanchier alnifolia).
Their white racemose blossoms open in April or May, when
the shad appear, and the edible berries (pomes) ripen in
June or July, whence they are called Juneberries. The
plant is also called service tree, and Juneberry.

Shad frog, an American spotted frog (Rana halecina); --
so called because it usually appears at the time when the
shad begin to run in the rivers.

Trout shad, the squeteague.

White shad, the common shad.
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Troutbird
(gcide)		Troutbird \Trout"bird`\ (trout"b[~e]rd`), n. (Zool.)
The American golden plover. [Local, U. S.]
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Trout-colored
(gcide)		Trout-colored \Trout"-col`ored\ (-k[u^]l`[~e]rd), a.
White, with spots of black, bay, or sorrel; as, a
trout-colored horse.
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Troutlet
(gcide)		Troutlet \Trout"let\ (-l[e^]t), n.
A little trout; a troutling. --Hood.
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Troutling
(gcide)		Troutling \Trout"ling\ (-l[i^]ng), n.
A little trout; a troutlet.
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White trout
(gcide)		White \White\ (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. Whiter
(hw[imac]t"[~e]r); superl. Whitest.] [OE. whit, AS.
hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[imac]t, D. wit, G.
weiss, OHG. w[imac]z, hw[imac]z, Icel. hv[imac]tr, Sw. hvit,
Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith. szveisti, to make bright,
Russ. sviet' light, Skr. [,c]v[=e]ta white, [,c]vit to be
bright. [root]42. Cf. Wheat, Whitsunday.]
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1. Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum
combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or
their mixtures; having the color of pure snow; snowy; --
the opposite of black or dark; as, white paper; a
white skin. "Pearls white." --Chaucer.
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White as the whitest lily on a stream. --Longfellow.
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2. Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of
blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear.
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Or whispering with white lips, "The foe!
They come! they come!" --Byron.
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3. Having the color of purity; free from spot or blemish, or
from guilt or pollution; innocent; pure.
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White as thy fame, and as thy honor clear. --Dryden.
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No whiter page than Addison's remains. --Pope.
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4. Gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary.
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Your high engendered battles 'gainst a head
So old and white as this. --Shak.
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5. Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the
like; fortunate; happy; favorable.
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On the whole, however, the dominie reckoned this as
one of the white days of his life. --Sir W.
Scott.
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6. Regarded with especial favor; favorite; darling.
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Come forth, my white spouse. --Chaucer.
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I am his white boy, and will not be gullet. --Ford.
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Note: White is used in many self-explaining compounds, as
white-backed, white-bearded, white-footed.
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White alder. (Bot.) See Sweet pepper bush, under
Pepper.

White ant (Zool.), any one of numerous species of social
pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus Termes. These
insects are very abundant in tropical countries, and form
large and complex communities consisting of numerous
asexual workers of one or more kinds, of large-headed
asexual individuals called soldiers, of one or more queens
(or fertile females) often having the body enormously
distended by the eggs, and, at certain seasons of numerous
winged males, together with the larvae and pupae of each
kind in various stages of development. Many of the species
construct large and complicated nests, sometimes in the
form of domelike structures rising several feet above the
ground and connected with extensive subterranean galleries
and chambers. In their social habits they closely resemble
the true ants. They feed upon animal and vegetable
substances of various kinds, including timber, and are
often very destructive to buildings and furniture.

White arsenic (Chem.), arsenious oxide, As2O3, a
substance of a white color, and vitreous adamantine
luster, having an astringent, sweetish taste. It is a
deadly poison.

White bass (Zool.), a fresh-water North American bass
(Roccus chrysops) found in the Great Likes.

White bear (Zool.), the polar bear. See under Polar.

White blood cell. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.

White brand (Zool.), the snow goose.

White brass, a white alloy of copper; white copper.

White campion. (Bot.)
(a) A kind of catchfly (Silene stellata) with white
flowers.
(b) A white-flowered Lychnis (Lychnis vespertina).

White canon (R. C. Ch.), a Premonstratensian.

White caps, the members of a secret organization in various
of the United States, who attempt to drive away or reform
obnoxious persons by lynch-law methods. They appear masked
in white. Their actions resembled those of the Ku Klux
Klan in some ways but they were not formally affiliated
with the Klan, and their victims were often not black.

White cedar (Bot.), an evergreen tree of North America
(Thuja occidentalis), also the related {Cupressus
thyoides}, or Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea, a slender
evergreen conifer which grows in the so-called cedar
swamps of the Northern and Atlantic States. Both are much
valued for their durable timber. In California the name is
given to the Libocedrus decurrens, the timber of which
is also useful, though often subject to dry rot.
--Goodale. The white cedar of Demerara, Guiana, etc., is a
lofty tree (Icica altissima syn. Bursera altissima)
whose fragrant wood is used for canoes and cabinetwork, as
it is not attacked by insect.

White cell. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.

White cell-blood (Med.), leucocythaemia.

White clover (Bot.), a species of small perennial clover
bearing white flowers. It furnishes excellent food for
cattle and horses, as well as for the honeybee. See also
under Clover.

White copper, a whitish alloy of copper. See {German
silver}, under German.

White copperas (Min.), a native hydrous sulphate of iron;
coquimbite.

White coral (Zool.), an ornamental branched coral
(Amphihelia oculata) native of the Mediterranean.

White corpuscle. (Physiol.) See Leucocyte.

White cricket (Zool.), the tree cricket.

White crop, a crop of grain which loses its green color, or
becomes white, in ripening, as wheat, rye, barley, and
oats, as distinguished from a green crop, or a root crop.


White currant (Bot.), a variety of the common red currant,
having white berries.

White daisy (Bot.), the oxeye daisy. See under Daisy.

White damp, a kind of poisonous gas encountered in coal
mines. --Raymond.

White elephant (Zool.),
(a) a whitish, or albino, variety of the Asiatic elephant.
(b) see white elephant in the vocabulary.

White elm (Bot.), a majestic tree of North America ({Ulmus
Americana}), the timber of which is much used for hubs of
wheels, and for other purposes.

White ensign. See Saint George's ensign, under Saint.


White feather, a mark or symbol of cowardice. See {To show
the white feather}, under Feather, n.

White fir (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees
of the Pacific States, as Abies grandis, and {Abies
concolor}.

White flesher (Zool.), the ruffed grouse. See under
Ruffed. [Canada]

White frost. See Hoarfrost.

White game (Zool.), the white ptarmigan.

White garnet (Min.), leucite.

White grass (Bot.), an American grass (Leersia Virginica)
with greenish-white paleae.

White grouse. (Zool.)
(a) The white ptarmigan.
(b) The prairie chicken. [Local, U. S.]

White grub (Zool.), the larva of the June bug and other
allied species. These grubs eat the roots of grasses and
other plants, and often do much damage.

White hake (Zool.), the squirrel hake. See under
Squirrel.

White hawk, or White kite (Zool.), the hen harrier.

White heat, the temperature at which bodies become
incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which
they emit.

White hellebore (Bot.), a plant of the genus Veratrum
(Veratrum album) See Hellebore, 2.

White herring, a fresh, or unsmoked, herring, as
distinguished from a red, or cured, herring. [R.] --Shak.

White hoolet (Zool.), the barn owl. [Prov. Eng.]

White horses (Naut.), white-topped waves; whitecaps.

The White House. See under House.

White ibis (Zool.), an American ibis (Guara alba) having
the plumage pure white, except the tips of the wings,
which are black. It inhabits tropical America and the
Southern United States. Called also Spanish curlew.

White iron.
(a) Thin sheets of iron coated with tin; tinned iron.
(b) A hard, silvery-white cast iron containing a large
proportion of combined carbon.

White iron pyrites (Min.), marcasite.

White land, a tough clayey soil, of a whitish hue when dry,
but blackish after rain. [Eng.]

White lark (Zool.), the snow bunting.

White lead.
(a) A carbonate of lead much used in painting, and for
other purposes; ceruse.
(b) (Min.) Native lead carbonate; cerusite.

White leather, buff leather; leather tanned with alum and
salt.

White leg (Med.), milk leg. See under Milk.

White lettuce (Bot.), rattlesnake root. See under
Rattlesnake.

White lie. See under Lie.

White light.
(a) (Physics) Light having the different colors in the
same proportion as in the light coming directly from
the sun, without having been decomposed, as by passing
through a prism. See the Note under Color, n., 1.
(b) A kind of firework which gives a brilliant white
illumination for signals, etc.

White lime, a solution or preparation of lime for
whitewashing; whitewash.

White line (Print.), a void space of the breadth of a line,
on a printed page; a blank line.

White meat.
(a) Any light-colored flesh, especially of poultry.
(b) Food made from milk or eggs, as butter, cheese, etc.
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Driving their cattle continually with them, and
feeding only upon their milk and white meats.
--Spenser.
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White merganser (Zool.), the smew.

White metal.
(a) Any one of several white alloys, as pewter, britannia,
etc.
(b) (Metal.) A fine grade of copper sulphide obtained at a
certain stage in copper smelting.

White miller. (Zool.)
(a) The common clothes moth.
(b) A common American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma
Virginica}) which is pure white with a few small black
spots; -- called also ermine moth, and {virgin
moth}. See Woolly bear, under Woolly.

White money, silver money.

White mouse (Zool.), the albino variety of the common
mouse.

White mullet (Zool.), a silvery mullet (Mugil curema)
ranging from the coast of the United States to Brazil; --
called also blue-back mullet, and liza.

White nun (Zool.), the smew; -- so called from the white
crest and the band of black feathers on the back of its
head, which give the appearance of a hood.

White oak. (Bot.) See under Oak.

White owl. (Zool.)
(a) The snowy owl.
(b) The barn owl.

White partridge (Zool.), the white ptarmigan.

White perch. (Zool.)
(a) A North American fresh-water bass (Morone Americana)
valued as a food fish.
(b) The croaker, or fresh-water drum.
(c) Any California surf fish.

White pine. (Bot.) See the Note under Pine.

White poplar (Bot.), a European tree (Populus alba) often
cultivated as a shade tree in America; abele.

White poppy (Bot.), the opium-yielding poppy. See Poppy.


White powder, a kind of gunpowder formerly believed to
exist, and to have the power of exploding without noise.
[Obs.]
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A pistol charged with white powder. --Beau. & Fl.
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White precipitate. (Old Chem.) See under Precipitate.

White rabbit. (Zool.)
(a) The American northern hare in its winter pelage.
(b) An albino rabbit.

White rent,
(a) (Eng. Law) Formerly, rent payable in silver; --
opposed to black rent. See Blackmail, n., 3.
(b) A rent, or duty, of eight pence, payable yearly by
every tinner in Devon and Cornwall to the Duke of
Cornwall, as lord of the soil. [Prov. Eng.]

White rhinoceros. (Zool.)
(a) The one-horned, or Indian, rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros
Indicus}). See Rhinoceros.
(b) The umhofo.

White ribbon, the distinctive badge of certain
organizations for the promotion of temperance or of moral
purity; as, the White-ribbon Army.

White rope (Naut.), untarred hemp rope.

White rot. (Bot.)
(a) Either of several plants, as marsh pennywort and
butterwort, which were thought to produce the disease
called rot in sheep.
(b) A disease of grapes. See White rot, under Rot.

White sage (Bot.), a white, woolly undershrub ({Eurotia
lanata}) of Western North America; -- called also {winter
fat}.

White salmon (Zool.), the silver salmon.

White salt, salt dried and calcined; decrepitated salt.

White scale (Zool.), a scale insect (Aspidiotus Nerii)
injurious to the orange tree. See Orange scale, under
Orange.

White shark (Zool.), a species of man-eating shark. See
under Shark.

White softening. (Med.) See Softening of the brain, under
Softening.

White spruce. (Bot.) See Spruce, n., 1.

White squall (Naut.), a sudden gust of wind, or furious
blow, which comes up without being marked in its approach
otherwise than by whitecaps, or white, broken water, on
the surface of the sea.

White staff, the badge of the lord high treasurer of
England. --Macaulay.

White stork (Zool.), the common European stork.

White sturgeon. (Zool.) See Shovelnose
(d) .

White sucker. (Zool.)
(a) The common sucker.
(b) The common red horse (Moxostoma macrolepidotum).

White swelling (Med.), a chronic swelling of the knee,
produced by a strumous inflammation of the synovial
membranes of the kneejoint and of the cancellar texture of
the end of the bone forming the kneejoint; -- applied also
to a lingering chronic swelling of almost any kind.

White tombac. See Tombac.

White trout (Zool.), the white weakfish, or silver
squeteague (Cynoscion nothus), of the Southern United
States.

White vitriol (Chem.), hydrous sulphate of zinc. See {White
vitriol}, under Vitriol.

White wagtail (Zool.), the common, or pied, wagtail.

White wax, beeswax rendered white by bleaching.

White whale (Zool.), the beluga.

White widgeon (Zool.), the smew.

White wine. any wine of a clear, transparent color,
bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; --
distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and
Burgundy. "White wine of Lepe." --Chaucer.

White witch, a witch or wizard whose supernatural powers
are supposed to be exercised for good and beneficent
purposes. --Addison. --Cotton Mather.

White wolf. (Zool.)
(a) A light-colored wolf (Canis laniger) native of
Thibet; -- called also chanco, golden wolf, and
Thibetan wolf.
(b) The albino variety of the gray wolf.

White wren (Zool.), the willow warbler; -- so called from
the color of the under parts.
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brook trout
(wn)		brook trout
n 1: a delicious freshwater food fish [syn: brook trout,
speckled trout]
2: North American freshwater trout; introduced in Europe [syn:
brook trout, speckled trout, Salvelinus fontinalis]
brown trout
(wn)		brown trout
n 1: speckled trout of European rivers; introduced in North
America [syn: brown trout, salmon trout, {Salmo
trutta}]
lake trout
(wn)		lake trout
n 1: flesh of large trout of northern lakes
2: large fork-tailed trout of lakes of Canada and the northern
United States [syn: lake trout, salmon trout, {Salvelinus
namaycush}]
rainbow trout
(wn)		rainbow trout
n 1: flesh of Pacific trout that migrate from salt to fresh
water
2: found in Pacific coastal waters and streams from lower
California to Alaska [syn: rainbow trout, {Salmo
gairdneri}]
salmon trout
(wn)		salmon trout
n 1: flesh of marine trout that migrate from salt to fresh water
[syn: sea trout, salmon trout]
2: large fork-tailed trout of lakes of Canada and the northern
United States [syn: lake trout, salmon trout, {Salvelinus
namaycush}]
3: speckled trout of European rivers; introduced in North
America [syn: brown trout, salmon trout, Salmo trutta]
sea trout
(wn)		sea trout
n 1: flesh of marine trout that migrate from salt to fresh water
[syn: sea trout, salmon trout]
2: any of several sciaenid fishes of North American coastal
waters
3: silvery marine variety of brown trout that migrates to fresh
water to spawn
speckled trout
(wn)		speckled trout
n 1: a delicious freshwater food fish [syn: brook trout,
speckled trout]
2: North American freshwater trout; introduced in Europe [syn:
brook trout, speckled trout, Salvelinus fontinalis]
spotted sea trout
(wn)		spotted sea trout
n 1: weakfish of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of United
States [syn: spotted weakfish, spotted sea trout,
spotted squeateague, Cynoscion nebulosus]
trout
(wn)		trout
n 1: flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food
fishes
2: any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters
mostly smaller than typical salmons
trout lily
(wn)		trout lily
n 1: eastern North American dogtooth having solitary yellow
flowers marked with brown or purple and spotted interiors
[syn: yellow adder's tongue, trout lily, amberbell,
Erythronium americanum]

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