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brookinaw

brookinaw noun: a hybrid fish derived from a male lake trout and a female brook trout.

Noun

brookinaw (plural brookinaws)

  1. A hybrid fish derived from a male lake trout and a female brook trout.

Forms of brookinaw

pluralbrookinaws

Origin of brookinaw

Blend of brook + mackinaw, after the parent species. Mackinaw trout being another name for lake trout.

Questions about brookinaw

What does brookinaw mean?
Brookinaw means a hybrid fish derived from a male lake trout and a female brook trout.
What part of speech is brookinaw?
Brookinaw is a noun.
What is the plural of brookinaw?
The plural of brookinaw is brookinaws.

Words near brookinaw in the dictionary

  1. Brookhart
  2. Brookharts
  3. Brookhaven
  4. brookie
  5. brookies
  6. brookinaw
  7. brooking
  8. Brookings
  9. Brookings County
  10. Brookings effect
  11. Brookins

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