lake trout
noun
a large, fork-tailed trout, Salvelinus namaycush, of the lakes of Canada and the northern U.S., valued as a food and game fish.
Origin of lake trout
First recorded in 1660–70
Words nearby lake trout
lake school,
lake station,
lake sturgeon,
lake success,
lake superior,
lake trout,
lake victoria,
lake whitefish,
lake worth,
lakebed,
lakefront
Example sentences from the Web for lake trout
It may be a hideous catfish or a squirming eel, or it may be a lake-trout, the grand prize in the Lake George lottery.
Fisherman's Luck |Henry van DykeThey tell me they are just like the lake-trout of the Great Lakes.
The Young Alaskans in the Rockies |Emerson HoughThe lake-trout were not rising any more, but now and again the screech of a cock-ptarmigan could be heard among the withies.
The Great Hunger |Johan BojerFor trolling all day long for lake-trout Jacques had little liking.
The Ruling Passion |Henry van Dyke
British Dictionary definitions for lake trout
lake trout
noun
a yellow-spotted char of the Great Lakes region of Canada