What does troutlet mean?
Troutlet means A young trout..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A young trout..
The brook beneath, thro’ which the troutlet shy / Shot swiftly on, and baffled all his skill;
As, pent in an aquarium, the troutlet / Swims round and round his tank to find an outlet,
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.
Farther along I came to a stream and, resting on its bank, counted many troutlets lying on the bottom among the stones.
Use troutlet when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Troutlet means A young trout..
Common synonyms include troutling.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The brook beneath, thro’ which the troutlet shy / Shot swiftly on, and baffled all his skill;
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