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[syn: char, charr]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Charr \Charr\, n.
See 1st Char.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Char \Char\, Charr \Charr\, n. [Ir. cear, Gael. ceara, lit.,
red, blood-colored, fr. cear blood. So named from its red
belly.] (Zool.)
One of the several species of fishes of the genus
Salvelinus, allied to the spotted trout and salmon,
inhabiting deep lakes in mountainous regions in Europe. In
the United States, the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
is sometimes called a char.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
charr
n 1: any of several small trout-like fish of the genus
Salvelinus [syn: char, charr]