Home › Words › S › shoteshoteshote means A fish resembling the trout, the grayling (Thymallus thymallus).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, shote ranks #16,730 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Old English sceota (“trout”).nounA fish resembling the trout, the grayling (Thymallus thymallus).e.g.“The rest are common to other Shires, but the Shote in a maner peculiar to Deuon and Cornwall: in shape and colour he resembleth the Trowt” — 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall, London: […] S[imon] S[tafford] for Iohn Iaggard, […], →OCLC:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.troutlet 63% match — A young trout. vs shote →troutling 61% match — A young trout. vs shote →grayling 61% match — Any freshwater fish of the genus Thymallus or specifically Thymallus thymallus, of the salmon family, having a large dorsal fin. vs shote →snowtrout 61% match — Any of various Himalayan fishes in the genus Schizothorax resembling trout. vs shote →troutlike 61% match — Resembling or characteristic of trout. vs shote →saibling 60% match — A char of Europe (Salvelinus alpinus). vs shote →schelly 59% match — A fish, the powan (Coregonus clupeoides). vs shote →blacktail 59% match — A fish: the ruffe or pope (Gymnocephalus cernua) vs shote →