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SALMONIDAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Salmon and trout
Synonyms:
family Salmonidae; Salmonidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Salmonidae" is a kind of...):
fish family (any of various families of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Salmonidae"):
salmonid (soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters)
salmon (any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn)
genus Salmo; Salmo (type genus of the Salmonidae: salmon and trout)
genus Oncorhynchus; Oncorhynchus (Pacific salmon including sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; chum salmon; coho salmon)
genus Salvelinus; Salvelinus (brook trout)
Holonyms ("Salmonidae" is a member of...):
Isospondyli; order Isospondyli (most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon)
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