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salmonoid definition

sal·mo·noid (sal′mə no̵id′)

adjective

  1. like a salmon
  2. of the suborder (Salmonoidei, order Salmoniformes) of bony fishes that includes the salmons, trouts, and most smelts

noun

a salmonoid fish

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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