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salmonoid en · ADJ

Etymology

From salmon + -oid.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the family Salmonidae of salmon and close relatives.

salmonoid en · NOUN

Etymology

From salmon + -oid.

Meanings

1. Any of these fish.
   • 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:
   • 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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