Definitions
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun salmon and trout
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word salmonidae.
Examples
-
The Tara and its tributaries, as well as the lakes, contain a large number of salmonidae including Salmo trutem fario, Hucho hucho (VU) and Thimalus thimalus.
-
Seven species of fish have been recorded, including two introduced alien species of salmonidae and the rare endemic Drakensberg minnow Oreodaimon zuathlambae.
-
One degree more exacting to arms and legs than the more universal employment of the pretty 10-foot trout rod with the purely fresh-water species of the salmonidae, it still falls short of the heavier demands of the salmon or pike rod.
Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler William Senior
-
There seemed to be as great a diversity of opinion about the female species as, let us say, about the salmonidae.
Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship Anthony Trollope 1848
-
(sturgeons and _salmonidae_), and its herring (_Salmo omul_) is the chief product of the fisheries, though notably fewer have been taken within the last forty or fifty years.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.