n. Any of various fishes of the family Salmonidae, which includes the salmon, trout, grayling, and whitefish. [From New Latin Salmōnidae, family name, from Salmō, type genus, from Latin salmō, salmōn-, salmon; see SALMON.] salmo·nid adj. |
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