Charr

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Charr \Charr\, n.
     See 1st {Char}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Char \Char\, Charr \Charr\, n. [Ir. cear, Gael. ceara, lit.,
     red, blood-colored, fr. cear blood. So named from its red
     belly.] (Zool.)
     One of the several species of fishes of the genus
     {Salvelinus}, allied to the spotted trout and salmon,
     inhabiting deep lakes in mountainous regions in Europe. In
     the United States, the brook trout ({Salvelinus fontinalis})
     is sometimes called a char.
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