salmonoid

salmonoid

(ˈsælməˌnɔɪd) adj1. (Animals) 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 char2. (Animals) of, relating to, or resembling a salmonn (Animals) any fish belonging to the suborder Salmonoidea, esp any of the family Salmonidae (salmon, trout, char)

sal•mo•noid

(ˈsæl məˌnɔɪd)

adj. 1. resembling a salmon. n. 2. a salmonoid fish. [1835–45; < New Latin Salmonoidea a suborder that includes the salmon. See salmon, -oid]