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rainbow trout
noun
: a large stout-bodied salmonid fish (Oncorhynchus mykiss synonym Salmo gairdneri) of western North America that is related to the Pacific salmon and is typically greenish above and white on the belly with a pink, red, or lavender stripe along each side of the body and with profuse black dots compare steelhead
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Outdoor adventurers flock to Browns Canyon National Monument to paddle the whitewater rapids of the Arkansas River, hike among the pinyon pine and juniper trees, fish for brown and rainbow trout and admire wildlife like golden eagles and bighorn sheep.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
Jake Bolster/Inside Climate News The Popo Agie resurfaces full of brown and rainbow trout at the Rise, a quarter-mile from Sinks Canyon.
—Ars Technica, 31 Oct. 2024
The formation, known as the Sinks, spits the river back out at another feature called the Rise a quarter of a mile east, a little more voluminous and a little warmer, with brown and rainbow trout weighing as much as 10 pounds mingling in its now smooth pools.
—Ars Technica, 31 Oct. 2024
For avid hunters, Sheep Creek is ideal for waterfowl hunting, ducks, turkey, deer, and geese, plus ponds stocked with mature rainbow trout.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
Jake Bolster/Inside Climate News The Popo Agie resurfaces full of brown and rainbow trout at the Rise, a quarter-mile from Sinks Canyon.
—Ars Technica, 31 Oct. 2024
The formation, known as the Sinks, spits the river back out at another feature called the Rise a quarter of a mile east, a little more voluminous and a little warmer, with brown and rainbow trout weighing as much as 10 pounds mingling in its now smooth pools.
—Ars Technica, 31 Oct. 2024
For avid hunters, Sheep Creek is ideal for waterfowl hunting, ducks, turkey, deer, and geese, plus ponds stocked with mature rainbow trout.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Rainbow trout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rainbow%20trout. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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