adjective
- resembling or relating to salmon or trout
Usage: technical; zoological
noun
- a fish of the salmon family, including salmon, trout, and related species
Usage: technical; zoological
Examples
- The researcher studied salmonoid species in the Pacific Northwest.
- Rainbow trout are a common salmonoid found in mountain streams.
- The salmonoid characteristics include an adipose fin and streamlined body.
- Many salmonoids migrate between fresh and salt water.
- The aquaculture facility specializes in raising salmonoid fish.
- Scientists identified several new salmonoid populations in remote rivers.