cutthroat trout†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a large trout of western Canada, Salmo clarkii, so called from a red streak under each side of the lower jaw.

Quotations

1918

. . . these lakes are full of cutthroat trout, and what the whites call Dolly Varden trout, and whitefish.

1966

. . . the sand pool . . . at this time of year is often filled with cutthroat trout and sometimes is holding water for steel head.