charr

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charr - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Charr \Charr\, n.
     See 1st Char.
     [1913 Webster]

  Char \Char\, Charr \Charr\, n. [Ir. cear, Gael. ceara, lit.,
     red, blood-colored, fr. cear blood. So named from its red
     belly.] (Zool.)
     One of the several species of fishes of the genus
     Salvelinus, allied to the spotted trout and salmon,
     inhabiting deep lakes in mountainous regions in Europe. In
     the United States, the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
     is sometimes called a char.
     [1913 Webster]

charr - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  charr
      n 1: any of several small trout-like fish of the genus
           Salvelinus [syn: char, charr]