Steelhead

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The anadromous variety of the rainbow trout, having silvery, unstriped sides.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The anadromous form of the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss
  • n. The ruddy duck.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A North Pacific salmon (Salmo Gairdneri) found from Northern California to Siberia; -- called also hardhead, and preestl.
  • n. The ruddy duck.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The ruddy duck, Erismatura rubida: so called from the steel-blue of the head, or perhaps for the same reason that it is called hardhead, hickory-head, and toughhead. See cut under Erismatura.
  • n. The rainbow-trout, Salmo irideus. See cut under rainbow-trout.
  • Tipped with steel.
  • n. A large trout, Salmo rivularis, of the Pacific coast of the United States.
    • Word Usage
    "The other "friction issue" with hand stipping when fighting a big fish like a steelhead is trying to maintain control, or slow the fish down."
    Variant
    hardhead    preestl   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    steelhead salmon   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    silver-sided    coho    twelve-pound    sea trout    gurnard   
     
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