troutlet

English

Etymology

trout +‎ -let

Noun

troutlet (plural troutlet or troutlets)

1. A young trout.
   • 1816, James Brydges Willyams, The Influence of Genius, London: J. Hatchard, Part 1, stanza 37, p. 21,^[1]

     The brook beneath, thro’ which the troutlet shy / Shot swiftly on, and baffled all his skill;

   • 1906, Ambrose Bierce, The Cynic’s Word Book‎^[2], page 67:

     As, pent in an aquarium, the troutlet / Swims round and round his tank to find an outlet,

   • 1914, J. M. Barrie, “Rosalind”, in Half Hours‎^[3], London: Hodder and Stoughton, page 101:

     He has a nice taste in the arts that has come to him by the way of socks, spats and slips, and of these he has a large and happy collection, which he laughs at jollily in public […] but in the privacy of his chamber he sometimes spreads them out like troutlet on the river’s bank and has his quiet thrills of exultation.

   • 1979, Scott O’Dell, The Captive‎^[4], Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 121:

     Farther along I came to a stream and, resting on its bank, counted many troutlets lying on the bottom among the stones.

Synonyms

• troutling

Translations

young trout

• Esperanto: trutido
• French: truitelle (fr) f