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salmonid en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to fish of the salmon family (Salmonidae), including salmon, trout, chars, freshwater whitefishes and graylings.
   • Westslope cutthroat trout, or cutts, are among western Montana’s original salmonid inhabitants; […] 2014 August 4, Chris Santella, “In Montana, Cutthroat Trout Are Hungry Trout”, in The New York Times:

salmonid en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

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. 2019 December 11, Priyanka Runwal, “A Silicon Valley Disruption for Birds That Gorge on Endangered Fish”, in The New York Times:

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