salmonid
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salm·o·nid
(săm′ə-nĭd, săl′mə-)n.
Any of various fishes of the family Salmonidae, which includes the salmon, trout, grayling, and whitefish.
[From New Latin Salmōnidae, family name, from Salmō, type genus, from Latin salmō, salmōn-, salmon; see salmon.]
salm′o·nid adj.
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salmonid
(ˈsælmənɪd)n
(Zoology) any fish of the family Salmonidiae
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sal•mo•nid
(ˈsæl mə nɪd)adj.
1. belonging or pertaining to the family Salmonidae, including the salmons, trouts, chars, and whitefishes.
n. 2. a salmonid fish.
[1865–70; < New Latin Salmonidae.]
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Noun | 1. | salmonid - soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters malacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii family Salmonidae, Salmonidae - salmon and trout salmon - any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn trout - any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons |
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