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splake N. Amer.|spleɪk|
[f. speckled (ppl.) a. + lake n.4]
A trout produced by crossing the lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, and the speckled trout, S. fontinalis.
1954Sun (Baltimore) 27 May 2/7 Biologists of the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests have completed the first step of an experiment in producing a new variety of game fish. The ‘splake’ has resulted. It is a hybrid, the result of crossing speckled and lake trout. 1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 5 Feb. 6/4 A hardier type of trout called splake..is being introduced. 1979Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ontario) 9 Feb. 26/1 Splake from inland waters are highly colored compared to those from the great lakes which are usually silvery. |