salmonoid

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adjective

Of or pertaining to the family Salmonidae of salmon and close relatives.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

adjectivesalmonoid (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to the family Salmonidae of salmon and close relatives.
nounsalmonoid (plural salmonoids)

plural salmonoids

  1. Any of these fish.

    The lake trout‐Lwhich need no populations of two salmonoids, lake trout and landlocked salmon.

    1978 January 29, Nelson Bryant, “Wood, Field and Stream”, in The New York Times
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    One of his planned angling adventures is a float trip of nearly 100 miles down a wild stretch of the Zhang River in quest of various little-known trout and a salmonoid called the taimen, which can reach well over 100 pounds and live for more than a century.

    1988 May 27, Nelson Bryant, “OUTDOORS; Quest for a 100-Year-Old Fish”, in The New York Times

Origin

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APA

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Chicago

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