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Salmonid

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to fish of the salmon family (Salmonidae), including salmon, trout, chars, freshwater whitefishes and graylings. not-comparable

    "Westslope cutthroat trout, or cutts, are among western Montana’s original salmonid inhabitants; […]"

Noun
  1. 1
    A fish of the Salmonidae family.

    "But commercial fishing and the construction of dams over the last two centuries have contributed to the decline of wild salmonids by 95 percent."

  2. 2
    soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from translingual Salmonidae. By surface analysis, salmon + -id.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from translingual Salmonidae. By surface analysis, salmon + -id.

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