SALMONID


Meaning of SALMONID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsa-mə-nid, ˈsal- ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin Salmonidae, from Salmon-, Salmo, genus name, from Latin salmo salmon

Date: 1868

: any of a family (Salmonidae) of elongate bony fishes (as a salmon or trout) that have the last three vertebrae upturned

• salmonid adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.