salmonid

salmonid
/sal"meuh nid/, adj.
1. belonging or pertaining to the family Salmonidae, including the salmons, trouts, chars, and whitefishes.
n.
2. a salmonid fish.
[1865-70; < NL Salmonidae name of the family. See SALMON, -ID2]

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