'malma' definitions:
Definition of 'malma'
From: GCIDE
- malma \mal"ma\, n. (Zool.) A spotted trout (Salvelinus malma), inhabiting Northern America, west of the Rocky Mountains; -- called also {Dolly Varden trout}, bull trout, red-spotted trout, and golet. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'malma'
From: GCIDE
- Dolly Varden \Dol"ly Var"den\
- 1. A character in Dickens's novel "Barnaby Rudge," a beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a cherry-colored mantle and cherry-colored ribbons. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A style of light, bright-figured dress goods for women; also, a style of dress. [1913 Webster]
- Dolly Varden trout (Zool.), a trout of northwest America; -- called also bull trout, malma, and {red-spotted trout}. See Malma. [1913 Webster]