fario
fario noun: the brown trout.
Noun
fario (plural fario)
- The brown trout
- As you walk along the main street which runs parallel with the river, an angler is busy "swishing" his rod violently in the air to "dry" the fly, ere he essays to drop it over the nose of one of the speckled fario which abound; so be careful to step down off the path which runs alongside the...1918, J. Arthur Gibbs, A Cotswold Village
- A collection of Scotch red deer and fallow deer heads testified to the magnificent hunting that is obtained among the virgin forests of New Zealand, and specimens of trout--rainbow, salmon, fario, and fontinalis--taken from the mountain-fed streams that intersect the country from one end to the...1906, Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission, Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
Forms of fario
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Origin of fario
From Latin fario (“salmon trout”), possibly from late Proto-Indo-European *sr̥Hyón-, akin to English sturgeon.
Questions about fario
- What does fario mean?
- Fario means the brown trout.
- What part of speech is fario?
- Fario is a noun.
- What is the plural of fario?
- The plural of fario is fario.
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