rainbow trout

Questions about rainbow trout

What does rainbow trout mean?

rainbow trout means "flesh of Pacific trout that migrate from salt to fresh water". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for rainbow trout?

Close synonyms include Salmo gairdneri. 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 rainbow trout a common word?

rainbow trout is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.