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brown trout

noun

  1. a common trout, Salmo trutta, of northern European streams.


brown trout

noun

  1. a common brownish variety of the trout Salmo trutta that occurs in the rivers of N Europe and has been successfully introduced in North America Compare sea trout
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of brown trout1

First recorded in 1885–90
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Researchers analysed brown trout at 71 sites in Britain and Ireland, where many rivers contain metal washed out from disused mines.

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I watch a brown trout mistake the flitting shadow of a dragonfly for the thing itself and dart to the surface.

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There were also "quite a few" larger dead specimens including chub, barbel and brown trout that had been seen.

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The river is used for breeding Atlantic salmon and is home to native wild brown trout and smaller species like bullheads and loaches.

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Natural river features such as riffles - shallower, faster moving sections of a stream - have been restored to attract white-clawed crayfish and brown trout.

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