Salmonidae

plural noun
Sal·​mon·​i·​dae | \ salˈmänəˌdē\

Definition of Salmonidae

: a family of soft-finned fishes (suborder Salmonoidea) including as generally understood the salmons, trouts, chars, and whitefishes all of which are elongate and shapely and have the last vertebrae upturned

History and Etymology for Salmonidae

New Latin, from Salmon-, Salmo, type genus + -idae

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