a common trout, Salmo trutta, of northern European streams.
Origin
1885-90
Examples from the web for brown trout
Yet fly fishermen who rescued many hundreds of brown trout from dried up tributary streams aren't blaming the weather.
Species that have been introduced, such as brown trout and brook trout, are abundant.
Rainbow and brown trout were introduced in the belief they would improve fishing in the mountains.
Rainbow and brown trout are often caught in the upper sections of the river in late spring and early summer.
Fishermen can catch lake whitefish from the pier, and spring and fall offer the chance to catch brown trout, steelhead and salmon.
Excursions aim to catch wild rainbow trout, brown trout, cutthroat trout and brookies.
The brown trout belongs to a different genus than our native trout species.
brown trout are also on a spawning run, but will feed heavily on salmon eggs.
British Dictionary definitions for brown trout
brown trout
noun
1.
a common brownish variety of the trout Salmo trutta that occurs in the rivers of N Europe and has been successfully introduced in North America Compare sea trout (sense 1)