brook trout

noun

Also called speckled trout.��a common trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, of eastern North America.
brown trout.

brook trout

noun

Also called: speckled trout.��a North American freshwater trout, Salvelinus fontinalis , introduced in Europe and valued as a food and game fish

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Word History and Origins

Origin of brook trout¹

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

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A 2022 study confirmed the compound is also lethal to rainbow trout and brook trout.

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Nonnative brown and brook trout, stocked for sport angling, compete for food.

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Steel poles will be erected near streams where brook trout spawn, and in locations that could disrupt scenic vistas.

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Climate change is especially worrisome for cutthroat trout, which unlike brown, rainbow and brook trout are native to the Rockies, according to Neville.

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Scope out rare wood frogs, native brook trout, peregrine falcons and more residing in these picturesque parts.

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Brooks Range brookweed

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