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- Word comparison: steelhead vs. trout
steelhead vs. trout
noun
plural steelheads, (especially collectively) steelhead.
- a silvery rainbow trout that migrates to the sea before returning to fresh water to spawn.
noun
plural (especially collectively) trout, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) trouts.
- any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon. Compare brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout.
- any of various game fishes of the salmon family of the genus Salvelinus. Compare brook trout ( def 1 ), char 2, Dolly Varden ( def 2 ), lake trout.
- any of several unrelated fishes, as a bass, Micropterus salmoides, a drum of the genus Cynoscion, or a greenling of the genus Hexagrammos.