SALMONIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Salmonidae mean? 

• SALMONIDAE (noun)
  The noun SALMONIDAE has 1 sense:

1. salmon and trout

  Familiarity information: SALMONIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SALMONIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Salmon and trout

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Salmonidae; Salmonidae

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)