salmonid

English

Etymology

From salmon +‎ -id.

Adjective

salmonid (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to fish of the salmon family (Salmonidae), including salmon, trout, chars, freshwater whitefishes and graylings.
   • 2014 April 8, Chris Santella, “In Montana, Cutthroat Trout Are Hungry Trout”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Westslope cutthroat trout, or cutts, are among western Montana’s original salmonid inhabitants; […]

Noun

salmonid (plural salmonids)

1. A fish of the Salmonidae family.
   • 2019 November 12, Priyanka Runwal, “A Silicon Valley Disruption for Birds That Gorge on Endangered Fish”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     But commercial fishing and the construction of dams over the last two centuries have contributed to the decline of wild salmonids by 95 percent.

Anagrams

• lamnoids, maldison

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French salmonidés.

Noun

salmonid n (plural salmonide)

1. salmonid

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	salmonid	salmonidul		salmonide	salmonidele
genitive-dative	salmonid	salmonidului		salmonide	salmonidelor
vocative	salmonidule			salmonidelor