trouts

Rainbow and brown

Trouts is the plural of trout, a freshwater fish prized by anglers and cooks alike.

The standard plural is actually trout—We caught six trout—but trouts appears when emphasizing different species or individual fish: The trouts of North America include rainbow, brook, and brown varieties.

fish

salmon

Pink-fleshed migratory fish

brown · brook · lake · cutthroat · fingerling · fry · spawning · scales · fins · gills

angling

fly-fishing

Catching trout with artificial lures

  • castingShaping through liquid form
  • catchSeize or snag
  • reelWinding cylinder or dance

rod · lure · waders · creel · release · hook · line · strike · pool · riffle

culinary

smoked

Exposed to wood fumes

filleted · deboned · almondine · meuniere · whole · stuffed · fresh · delicate · flaky · pink

slang

gullible

Easily deceived

mark · victim · naive · easy · target · deceived · conned · tricked · taken · patsy

Phrases
Family

trout, lake trout, brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, sea trout

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G