: a large spotted trout (Oncorhynchus clarki synonym Salmo clarki) chiefly of northwestern North America that has reddish streaks on the integument of the lower jaw
called alsocutthroat
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Recent Examples on the WebOn April 13, an Idaho fly fisherman caught a 25-inch cutthroat trout while drifting a stonefly nymph beneath and indicator on the Idaho side of the Clark Fork River.—Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 1 May 2024 Families come back every summer to play life-size checkers and chess, construct birdhouses, and fish in the lakes for cutthroat trout.—Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 May 2024 Native trout are the ones that have been here for thousands of years, such as brook trout in the mountains of the Northeast and cutthroat trout throughout the Rockies.—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 7 Mar. 2024 Liberated from its pipe, the creek gurgled clear through the rubble, and a cutthroat trout flickered over the gravel.—Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024 The ranch controls nearly 7.5 miles of the Greybull River (home to Yellowstone cutthroat trout) and has front-row views of the Absaroka Mountain Range.—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2024 Soda Butte Creek is a stronghold for the iconic Yellowstone cutthroat trout, but it’s been threatened by invasive brook trout for years.—Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 24 Aug. 2023 The 300-acre lake is an angler's playground filled with rainbow, brook, brown and cutthroat trout.—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 5 July 2023 The site is home to steelhead and cutthroat trout, blue herons, ducks, owls, coyotes, deer, turtles and beavers.—Gwozniac, oregonlive, 30 July 2023
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