Definition of Salmonoid

1. a. Like, or pertaining to, the Salmonidæ, a family of fishes including the trout and salmon.

Definition of Salmonoid

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the ''Salmonoidea'' suborder of salmon ¹

2. Noun. Any of these fish. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Salmonoid

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Salmonoid

1. Like, or pertaining to, the Salmonidae, a family of fishes including the trout and salmon. Any fish of the family Salmonidae. Origin: Salmon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Salmonoid

salmonellacidal
salmonellae
salmonellas
salmonelloses
salmonellosis
salmoner
salmoners
salmonet
salmonets
salmonid
salmonidae
salmonids
salmoniform
salmoniformes
salmonlike
salmonoid (current term)
salmonoids
salmons
salmony
salmosin
salmwood
salo
salogen
salol
salol-camphor
salolase
salols
salometer
salometers
salon

Literary usage of Salmonoid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"The Clupeoid and salmonoid Fishes. This order, which comprises some of the commonest and most valuable of our soft-rayed fishes, both marine and fresh-water ..."

2. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania by Royal Society of Tasmania (1871)
"... the risk of wearying you with the frequent recurrence to one subject, I must again refer for a few moments to the small salmonoid first sent to England. ..."

3. First- Second Annual Report Upon the Natural History and Geology of the by Ezekiel Holmes, Charles Henry Hitchcock (1862)
"salmonoid.*. Landing, Dutchess county, NY, who caught it in the upper affluent of Union river, Me., during the middle of September. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1912)
"Xo salmonoid other than some white fish has so few ventral rays, and as previously mentioned the anal of the whit« ti-li exceeds the ..."

5. Guide to the Gallery of Fishes in the Department of Zoology of the British by William George Ridewood (1908)
"In Cabinet-case 43, standing in front of Wall-case 20, are shown some salmonoid Fishes of the British Isles; at the time of writing the series is very ..."

6. The Fishes of North Carolina by Hugh McCormick Smith (1907)
"The Clupeoid and salmonoid Fishes. This order, which comprises some of the commonest and most valuable of our soft-rayed fishes, both marine and fresh-water ..."

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