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SALMON TROUT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Speckled trout of European rivers; introduced in North America

Synonyms:

brown trout; Salmo trutta; salmon trout

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("salmon trout" is a kind of...):

trout (any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons)

Meronyms (parts of "salmon trout"):

salmon trout; sea trout (flesh of marine trout that migrate from salt to fresh water)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "salmon trout"):

sea trout (silvery marine variety of brown trout that migrates to fresh water to spawn)

Holonyms ("salmon trout" is a member of...):

genus Salmo; Salmo (type genus of the Salmonidae: salmon and trout)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large fork-tailed trout of lakes of Canada and the northern United States

Synonyms:

lake trout; salmon trout; Salvelinus namaycush

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("salmon trout" is a kind of...):

trout (any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons)

Meronyms (parts of "salmon trout"):

lake trout (flesh of large trout of northern lakes)

Holonyms ("salmon trout" is a member of...):

genus Salvelinus; Salvelinus (brook trout)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Flesh of marine trout that migrate from salt to fresh water

Synonyms:

salmon trout; sea trout

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("salmon trout" is a kind of...):

trout (flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food fishes)

Holonyms ("salmon trout" is a part of...):

brown trout; Salmo trutta; salmon trout (speckled trout of European rivers; introduced in North America)

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