arctic char

1. 1.

   small trout of northern waters; landlocked populations in Quebec and northern New England

   SynonymsSalvelinus alpinus

   Broaderchar

Questions about arctic char

What does arctic char mean?

arctic char means "small trout of northern waters; landlocked populations in Quebec and northern New England".

What is another word for arctic char?

Close synonyms include Salvelinus alpinus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is arctic char a common word?

arctic char is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.