DCHP-3

white trout

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a North American char, Cristivomer namaycush, having important commercial value.

Quotations

1744
They have Pike, Trout, perch, and white Trout in great Perfection in all their Rivers.
1831
The most noted fish is called the white trout, which is caught in abundance . . . frequently forty pounds in weight. It is of a light silver hue, and cream coloured in the flesh, but in shape and flavor resembles the common speckled trout, which is also plentiful in the same water.
1947
. . . the white or lake trout he learned could be caught in great abundance both in the winter and in the summer.