Used as a name of various fish (chiefly Salmonidæ) resembling the trout in appearance or habits. Now local.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > genus Salvelinus > salmo salvelinus (char) (5) trout1604 Used as a name of various fish (chiefly Salmonidæ) resembling the trout in appearance or habits. Now local. case1658 The arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus, esp. in its autumn spawning season. In later use more fully case char. char1662 A small fish (Salmo salvelinus) of the trout kind, found in the lakes of mountainous districts in the north and in Wales, and esteemed a delicacy. red-bellied trout1787 With defining prefix, as the name of various species of the genus Salmo (or of the allied genus Salvelinus), and occasionally of other genera. red-spotted trout1884 With defining prefix, as the name of various species of the genus Salmo (or of the allied genus Salvelinus), and occasionally of other genera. |
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