TROUT
What does "TROUT" mean?
A freshwater fish of the salmon family, prized for sport and eating.
Meanings
- Any of several speckled freshwater fish related to salmon, popular with anglers. He landed a rainbow trout from the cold mountain stream.
Did you know?
- A trout is a close cousin of salmon: brown trout, rainbow trout, and Atlantic salmon all sit in the same family, Salmonidae.
Word origin
From Old English 'truht', from Late Latin 'tructa', perhaps from Greek 'troktes', literally 'nibbler' or 'gnawer', from 'trogein', to gnaw.
Remember it
TROUT hides OUT - the trout darts out from under the bank to snatch a fly.
A little poem
A shadow holds still
against the pull of the stream -
then the fly, then gone.
haiku
What it teaches
What holds steady against the current is not standing still; it is working hard to stay.
Quick facts
What does TROUT mean?
A freshwater fish of the salmon family, prized for sport and eating.
Is TROUT a valid word?
Yes — TROUT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TROUT?
TROUT has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does TROUT come from?
From Old English 'truht', from Late Latin 'tructa', perhaps from Greek 'troktes', literally 'nibbler' or 'gnawer', from 'trogein', to gnaw.
What can TROUT teach us?
What holds steady against the current is not standing still; it is working hard to stay.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.