sea trout

noun

A fish of the species Salmo trutta morpha trutta, closely related to salmon and a subspecies of brown trout. It is lighter in colour than the brown trout, and lives in salt water, returning to fresh water only to spawn.

Meanings

nounsea trout (plural sea trouts or sea trout)

plural sea trouts · alternative seatrout

  1. A fish of the species Salmo trutta morpha trutta, closely related to salmon and a subspecies of brown trout. It is lighter in colour than the brown trout, and lives in salt water, returning to fresh water only to spawn.

    Synonyms: sewin

  2. USA weakfish (Cynoscion regalis).
  3. CanadaAny member of the species Salvelinus alpinus.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA fish of the species Salmo trutta morpha trutta, closely related to salmon and a subspecies of brown trout. It is lighter in colour than the brown trout, and lives in salt water, returning to fresh water only to spawn.

Similar

More synonyms by meaning

nounflesh of marine trout that migrate from salt to fresh water

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Dutch zeeforel
  • zeeforelSalmo trutta morpha trutta
Finnish meritaimen
  • meritaimenSalmo trutta morpha trutta
French truite de mer
  • truite de merSalmo trutta morpha trutta
German Meerforelle
  • MeerforelleSalmo trutta morpha trutta
Icelandic urriði
  • urriðiSalmo trutta morpha trutta
Irish breac geal
  • breac gealSalmo trutta morpha trutta
Norwegian Bokmål sjøørret, sjøaure
  • sjøørretSalmo trutta morpha trutta
  • sjøaureSalmo trutta morpha trutta
Polish troć wędrowna
  • troć wędrownaSalmo trutta morpha trutta
Scottish Gaelic gealag
  • gealagSalmo trutta morpha trutta
Swedish havsöring
  • havsöringSalmo trutta morpha trutta
Welsh sewin, siwin
  • sewinSalmo trutta morpha trutta
  • siwinSalmo trutta morpha trutta
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APA

sea trout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20trout

MLA

“sea trout.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20trout. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sea trout,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20trout.

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