Definitions for salmonid

salmonid sal·mo·nid

Spelling: [sal-muh-nid]
IPA: /ˈsæl mə nɪd/

Salmonid is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 473 anagrams from letters in salmonid (adilmnos).

Definitions for salmonid

noun

  1. a salmonid fish.

adjective

  1. belonging or pertaining to the family Salmonidae, including the salmons, trouts, chars, and whitefishes.

Origin of salmonid

First recorded in 1865-70, salmonid is from the New Latin word Salmonidae name of the family. See salmon, -id2

Examples for salmonid

The species of salmonid call particularly our attention, from the minuteness of the characters upon which their distinction rests.

Probably the sexually-immature worm occurs in other fishes, especially the salmonid.

The whole salmon family—the salmonid—are typical northern immigrants.

We shall limit our remarks to the species which are essentially marine, such as the salmonid, the Clupead, and a few others.

Salvelinus, sal-ve-lī′nus, n. a genus of salmonid, the chars.

The salmonid are found in the rivers flowing into the Arctic Ocean.

Word Value for salmonid
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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