Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A hybrid fish that is a cross between a male brook trout and a female lake trout.
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- noun A
hybrid fish derived from a malebrook trout and a femalelake trout
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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One such cross is the brook trout and the lake trout, which are called splake.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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One such cross is the brook trout and the lake trout, which are called splake.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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One such cross is the brook trout and the lake trout, which are called splake.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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One such cross is the brook trout and the lake trout, which are called splake.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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Although brook trout and lake trout are not known to hybridize in nature, hybrids between these species, known as splake, are produced in hatcheries and stocked for sportfishing.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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DESCRIPTION The lake trout is not easily confused with any other species, but a hatchery-created hybrid with brook trout, called splake, can be confused with brook LAKE TROUTtrout.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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Although brook trout and lake trout are not known to hybridize in nature, hybrids between these species, known as splake, are produced in hatcheries and stocked for sportfishing.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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Likewise, no known natural hybridization occurs between brook trout and lake trout, although hybrids of brook trout and lake trout, called splake, are readily produced in hatcheries.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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DESCRIPTION The lake trout is not easily confused with any other species, but a hatchery-created hybrid with brook trout, called splake, can be confused with brook LAKE TROUTtrout.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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Likewise, no known natural hybridization occurs between brook trout and lake trout, although hybrids of brook trout and lake trout, called splake, are readily produced in hatcheries.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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