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salmonid, n. (and a.)|ˈsælmənɪd|
Also -ide.
[ad. mod.L. Salmōnid-æ pl., f. L. salmōn- salmon n.1: see -id.]
A fish of the family Salmonidæ. Also attrib. and as adj.
1868Rep. U.S. Commissioner Agric. (1869) 329 The creature..looking..more like a spiritual polliwog than a real salmonide. 1882A. Nicols Acclim. Salmonidæ at Antipodes 83 The presence of migratory salmonids in their rivers. 1888Daily News 19 May 7/3 Highly satisfactory results have attended salmonide culture this season. 1895B. Dean Fishes, Living & Fossil viii. 186 Eggs of Salmonids are deposited loosely in ‘nests’ on a clean, gravelly bottom. 1931J. R. Norman Hist. Fishes xiii. 268 When the climate was considerably colder the range of migratory Salmonids extended much farther south. 1964Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. II. 178 Further changes have been reported to occur after fertilization of the ova in another salmonid, the rainbow trout. 1970New Scientist 19 Feb. 353/1 Ulcerative dermal necrosis..attacks salmon and other salmonid fish. 1975Nature 14 Aug. 528/2 Fish farming in the UK has grown slowly in the freshwater and marine salmonid field under commercial patronage. 1978Ibid. 2 Mar. 77/1 Evidence of large-scale gene loss following tetraploidy has been reported in both salmonid and catostomid fish. |