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Dolly Varden trout

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A salmonid fish, Salvelinus malma, native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America.

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Synonyms: Dolly Varden, Dolly

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Named after Dolly Varden, a character in Barnaby Rudge, a novel by Charles Dickens, and the 19th-century woman's outfit of the same name. For more information, see Dolly Varden trout on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Aleut: qaadas — Salvelinus malma
  • Chinese Mandarin: 花羔紅點鮭 /花羔红点鲑 — Salvelinus malma
  • German: Dolly-Varden-Forelle — Salvelinus malma
  • Korean: 곤들매기 (gondeulmaegi) — Salvelinus malma
  • Lower Tanana: neltwna — Salvelinus malma
  • Polish: malma — Salvelinus malma
  • Russian: мальма (malʹma) — Salvelinus malma