Definitions for steelhead

steelhead steel·head

Spelling: [steel-hed]
IPA: /ˈstilˌhɛd/

Steelhead is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 351 anagrams from letters in steelhead (adeeehlst).

Definitions for steelhead

noun

  1. a silvery rainbow trout that migrates to the sea before returning to fresh water to spawn.

Origin of steelhead

First recorded in 1580-90; steel + head

Examples for steelhead

There is no more beautiful thing in the wilderness world than a steelhead trout in action.

But a steelhead, you ought to know, is a trout—a fish—and the noblest fish that ever was!

The flies named for the red-throat trout are just as killing for the steelhead.

So steelhead came out of the water presently, and clad himself, while Osberne yet played a while.

steelhead and German brown trout will also be found in the river.

Then there came a day when Dan caught his first steelhead in the North Fork.

So he took Osberne from steelhead's arms, and being a stark and big man got him on to the bed and did off his raiment.

The other claim that the larger scales of the rainbow is a distinguishing feature from the steelhead is not founded on facts.

As a game fish the steelhead enjoys a high reputation in the Pacific States.

Word Value for steelhead
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