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Definition of Salmonid
1. Noun. Soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters.
Group relationships: Family Salmonidae, Salmonidae
Specialized synonyms: Salmon, Trout, Char, Charr
Definition of Salmonid
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to fish of the salmon family (Salmonidae), including salmon, trout, chars, freshwater whitefishes and graylings. ¹
2. Noun. A fish of the Salmonidae family. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Salmonid
1. a fish of the salmon family [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Salmonid
Literary usage of Salmonid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"salmonid^l, Formed in Linnaeus but a single great genus, precisely characterized
by a scaly body, and a first dorsal with soft rays, followed by a second, ..."
2. American Fish-culture: Embracing All the Details of Artificial Breeding and by Thaddeus Norris (1868)
"salmonid.E.—The Brook Trout.—Instances »f its naturalization. The Lake Trout.—Mr.
Robinson's letter on its propagation. ..."
3. The Health Exhibition Literature (1884)
"THE CULTIVATION OF salmonid^E. THE culture of salmonidae forms one of the most
interesting branches in the study of fish, and no excuse is needed in ..."
4. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature by London International Fisheries Exhibition (1884)
"ON OBTAINING OVA OF salmonid^E. There are three sources from whence the necessary
supply of ova can be obtained, and these are either from fish living in a ..."
5. The Complete Science of Fly Fishing and Spinning by Frederick George Shaw (1915)
"CHAPTER XIV THE SCALES OF THE salmonid^E The scales of the salmonidae—Scale
growth—The physiological changes in the condition of salmon—Discoloured ..."
6. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"salmonid^l, Formed in Linnaeus but a single great genus, precisely characterized
by a scaly body, and a first dorsal with soft rays, followed by a second, ..."
7. American Fish-culture: Embracing All the Details of Artificial Breeding and by Thaddeus Norris (1868)
"salmonid.E.—The Brook Trout.—Instances »f its naturalization. The Lake Trout.—Mr.
Robinson's letter on its propagation. ..."
8. The Health Exhibition Literature (1884)
"THE CULTIVATION OF salmonid^E. THE culture of salmonidae forms one of the most
interesting branches in the study of fish, and no excuse is needed in ..."
9. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature by London International Fisheries Exhibition (1884)
"ON OBTAINING OVA OF salmonid^E. There are three sources from whence the necessary
supply of ova can be obtained, and these are either from fish living in a ..."
10. The Complete Science of Fly Fishing and Spinning by Frederick George Shaw (1915)
"CHAPTER XIV THE SCALES OF THE salmonid^E The scales of the salmonidae—Scale
growth—The physiological changes in the condition of salmon—Discoloured ..."
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