sea trout Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun flesh of marine trout that migrate from salt to fresh water
salmon trout.
noun any of several sciaenid fishes of North American coastal waters
noun silvery marine variety of brown trout that migrates to fresh water to spawn

(Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several species of true trouts which descend rivers and enter the sea after spawning, as the European bull trout and salmon trout, and the eastern American spotted trout. (b) The common squeteague, and the spotted squeteague. (c) A California fish of the family Chiridæ, especially Hexagrammus decagrammus; -- called also spotted rock trout. See Rock trout, under Rock. (d) A California sciænoid fish (Cynoscion nobilis); -- called also white sea bass.