Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A food and game fish (Salvelinus malma) of western North America and eastern Asia, having red, yellow, or orange spots on a dark body.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large hat with a brim overloaded with flowers, worn at one time by women.
- noun A woman's gown of gay-flowered material, usually a muslin print, made with a pointed bodice and a skirt tucked up or draped over a petticoat of solid color: worn about 1865-70.
- noun A species of trout or char of California, Salvelinus malma.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A character in Dickens's novel “Barnaby Rudge,” a beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a cherry-colored mantle and cherry-colored ribbons.
- A style of light, bright-figured dress goods for women; also, a style of dress.
- (Zoöl.) a trout of northwest America; -- called also
bull trout ,malma , andred-spotted trout . SeeMalma .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
woman 'soutfit , briefly fashionable inBritain andAmerica in the late nineteenth century, with a brightly patterned, usuallyflowered ,dress with apolonaise overskirt gathered up and draped over a separateunderskirt . - noun Salvelinus malma malma, a fish in the
salmon family.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Listing the many other common names for the species that have appeared in popular and scientific literature would only be confusing, for those names—as well as the name Dolly Varden itself—reflect the considerable historical complexity of the search for the true identities of the three distinct species we now call Dolly Varden, bull trout, and Arctic char.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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Listing the many other common names for the species that have appeared in popular and scientific literature would only be confusing, for those names—as well as the name Dolly Varden itself—reflect the considerable historical complexity of the search for the true identities of the three distinct species we now call Dolly Varden, bull trout, and Arctic char.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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Listing the many other common names for the species that have appeared in popular and scientific literature would only be confusing, for those names—as well as the name Dolly Varden itself—reflect the considerable historical complexity of the search for the true identities of the three distinct species we now call Dolly Varden, bull trout, and Arctic char.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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Listing the many other common names for the species that have appeared in popular and scientific literature would only be confusing, for those names—as well as the name Dolly Varden itself—reflect the considerable historical complexity of the search for the true identities of the three distinct species we now call Dolly Varden, bull trout, and Arctic char.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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In 1872, Livingston Stone mentioned that anglers from Soda Springs Lodge came to the McCloud River in California to catch large “salmon-trout,” which they called Dolly Varden.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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In 1872, Livingston Stone mentioned that anglers from Soda Springs Lodge came to the McCloud River in California to catch large “salmon-trout,” which they called Dolly Varden.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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In 1872, Livingston Stone mentioned that anglers from Soda Springs Lodge came to the McCloud River in California to catch large “salmon-trout,” which they called Dolly Varden.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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In 1872, Livingston Stone mentioned that anglers from Soda Springs Lodge came to the McCloud River in California to catch large “salmon-trout,” which they called Dolly Varden.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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The colors and spots of the salmon-trout of the McCloud River suggested this pattern, and the common name Dolly Varden was first used for what were later recognized as bull trout in the McCloud River.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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This lack of formality simplifies the continued usage of the common name Dolly Varden for the species Salvelinus malma.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
hernesheir commented on the word Dolly Varden
In my area, now called bull trout, just to further confuse the name of this threatened species of char. Last winter I caught and released a big one while fishing for steelhead in Idaho's Salmon River.
January 14, 2013