red-spotted trout

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red-spotted trout - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  malma \mal"ma\, n. (Zool.)
     A spotted trout (Salvelinus malma), inhabiting Northern
     America, west of the Rocky Mountains; -- called also Dolly Varden trout
     , bull trout, red-spotted trout, and
     golet.
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  Dolly Varden \Dol"ly Var"den\
     1. A character in Dickens's novel "Barnaby Rudge," a
        beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a
        cherry-colored mantle and cherry-colored ribbons.
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     2. A style of light, bright-figured dress goods for women;
        also, a style of dress.
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     Dolly Varden trout (Zool.), a trout of northwest America;
        -- called also bull trout, malma, and red-spotted  trout
        . See Malma.
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  Bull trout \Bull" trout`\ (Zool.)
     (a) In England, a large salmon trout of several species, as
         Salmo trutta and Salmo Cambricus, which ascend
         rivers; -- called also sea trout.
     (b) Salvelinus malma of California and Oregon; -- called
         also Dolly Varden trout and red-spotted trout.
     (c) The huso or salmon of the Danube.
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