SALMONID

Meaning of SALMONID in English

[ 'salmənɪd , sal'mɒnɪd ]

■ noun Zoology a fish of a family (Salmonidae) including salmon, trout, charr, and whitefish.

Origin

C19: from mod. L. Salmonidae (plural), based on L. salmo , salmon- 'salmon' + -id 2 .

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SALMONID — noun Etymology: New Latin Salmonidae, from Salmon-, Salmo, genus name, from Latin salmo salmon Date: 1868 any of a family …
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SALMONID — I. ˈsa(l)mənə̇d, -ˌnid also ˈsäm- or ˈsȧm- adjective Etymology: New Latin Salmonidae : of or relating to the Salmonidae II. …
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SALMONID — /sal"meuh nid/ , adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the family Salmonidae, including the salmons, trouts, chars, and whitefishes. n. …
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SALMONID — noun Etymology: New Latin Salmonidae, from Salmon-, Salmo, genus name, from Latin salmo salmon Date: 1868 : any of a …
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SALMONID — [sal.mo.nid] n [NL Salmonidae, fr. Salmon-, Salmo, genus name, fr. L salmo salmon] (1868): any of a family (Salmonidae) of …
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SALMONID — n. Pronunciation: ' sa-m ə -nid, ' sal- Function: noun Etymology: New Latin Salmonidae, from Salmon-, Salmo, genus name, from …
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SALMONIDE — adj [Zool.] salmonid
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WHITEFISH — noun Date: 15th century 1. any of various freshwater salmonid food fishes (especially of genera Coregonus and Prosopium ) found …
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WHIRLING DISEASE — noun Date: 1946 an infectious often fatal disease especially of young salmonid fishes (as trout and salmon) that is caused …
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TROUT — noun (plural ~; also ~s) see: troglodyte Date: before 12th century any of various salmonid food and sport fishes that …
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SALMONOID — noun Date: circa 1842 salmonid , ~ adjective
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RAINBOW TROUT — noun Date: 1882 a large stout-bodied salmonid fish ( Oncorhynchus mykiss syn. Salmo gairdneri ) of western North America that …
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PACIFIC SALMON — noun Date: 1888 any of several anadromous salmonid fishes (genus Oncorhynchus ) chiefly of the northern Pacific including the coho, …
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COARSE FISH — noun Date: 1857 rough fish , a freshwater fish other than a salmonid
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TROUT — I. ˈtrau̇t, usu -au̇d.+V noun ( plural trout also trouts ) Etymology: Middle English troute, trute, from Old English trūht, …
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WHIRLING DISEASE — noun : an infectious often fatal disease of salmonid fish (as trout and salmon) that is caused by a protozoan …
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WHITEBAIT — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: white (I) + bait 1. : the young of several European herrings and especially of the common …
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HEXAMITA — hekˈsaməd.ə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from hexa- + -mita (from Greek mitos thread) — more at dimity : …
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COREGONUS — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈgōnəs noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Greek korē pupil of the eye + New Latin -gonus (from Greek …
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ARCTIC CHAR — a salmonid, Salvelinus alpinus, that inhabits arctic lakes and streams throughout the Northern Hemisphere: considered a food delicacy. Also, arctic …
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WHITEFISH — noun Date: 15th century 1. a. : any of various freshwater salmonid food fishes (especially of genera Coregonus and Prosopium …
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WHIRLING DISEASE — noun Date: 1946 : an infectious often fatal disease especially of young salmonid fishes (as trout and salmon) that is …
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TROUT — noun ( plural trout also trouts ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English trūht, from Late Latin trocta, tructa, a …
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SALMONOID — noun Date: circa 1842 : salmonid ; also : a related fish • salmonoid adjective
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SALMON — noun ( plural salmon also salmons ) Etymology: Middle English samon, from Anglo-French salmon, samon, from Latin salmon-, salmo Date: …
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RAINBOW TROUT — Date: 1882 : a large stout-bodied salmonid fish ( Oncorhynchus mykiss syn. Salmo gairdneri ) of western North America that …
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PACIFIC SALMON — Date: 1888 : any of several anadromous salmonid fishes (genus Oncorhynchus ) chiefly of the northern Pacific including the coho, …
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COARSE FISH — Date: 1857 1. : rough fish 2. chiefly British : a freshwater fish other than a salmonid
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WHITEFISH — [white.fish] n (15c) 1 a: any of various freshwater salmonid food fishes (esp. of genera Coregonus and Prosopium) b: any …
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TROUT — [trout] n, pl trout also trouts [ME, fr. OE truht, fr. LL trocta, tructa, a fish with sharp teeth, fr. …
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SALMONOID — [salm.on.oid] n (ca. 1842): salmonid; also: a related fish -- salmonoid adj
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SALMON — [salm.on] n, pl salmon also salmons [ME samon, fr. MF, fr. L salmon-, salmo] (13c) 1 a: a large anadromous …
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