of, relating to, or belonging to the Salmonoidea, a suborder of soft-finned teleost fishes having a fatty fin between the dorsal and tail fins: includes the salmon, whitefish, grayling, smelt, and char
2.
of, relating to, or resembling a salmon
noun
3.
any fish belonging to the suborder Salmonoidea, esp any of the family Salmonidae (salmon, trout, char)
salmonoid in American English
(ˈsælməˌnɔɪd)
adjective
1.
like a salmon
2.
of the suborder (Salmonoidei, order Salmoniformes) of bony fishes that includes the salmons, trouts, and most smelts