splake

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/spleɪk/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(splāk)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
splake  (splāk),USA pronunciation n., pl. splakes, (esp. collectively) splake. 
  1. Fishthe hybrid offspring of a lake trout and a brook trout.
  • sp(eckled trout) + lake (trout) 1950–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
splake / spleɪk/
  1. a type of hybrid trout bred by Canadian zoologists
Etymology: from sp(eckled) + lake (trout)
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