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sea trout

sea trout

3.8
A coastal fish in North America that looks like trout and lives near shore
  • noun
  • /siː traʊt/
  • US
translation icon : trucha marina
  • We spent the morning fishing for sea trout along the Atlantic coast.

Examples

  • The sea trout population has declined due to overfishing and habitat loss.

  • I caught a large sea trout while fishing off the coast.

  • Grilled sea trout with lemon and herbs is a speciality at the seaside restaurant.

  • The chef prepared delicious sea trout for dinner.

  • Grilled sea trout with lemon and herbs is a speciality at the seaside restaurant.

  • The sea trout population has declined due to overfishing and habitat loss.

  • We spent the morning fishing for sea trout along the Atlantic coast.

Synonyms

spotted sea trout
vssea trout
  • US
8.1

A medium-sized fish with dark spots that people catch for food and sport on southern United States coasts

is a general name for several coastal drum-family species including that one

Surface Forms

sea trout singular
sea trouts plural

Morphology

sea + trout

The compound 'sea trout' is directly built from 'sea' + 'trout' and denotes a trout associated with the sea (a marine trout), so a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer it refers to a fish from the sea used as food. This noun–noun composition is transparently compositional and parallels similar constructions in other languages, making the meaning predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Sea trout was also used by coastal fishermen for several seaside fish that looked like trout and lived in the sea, so people called them sea trout to show where they lived. That's why the name can mean 'a coastal fish that resembles a trout'.