Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

salmonoid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: salmonoid
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to the family Salmonidae of salmon and close relatives.

noun

Any of these fish.

Example Sentences

"The lake trout‐Lwhich need no populations of two salmonoids, lake trout and landlocked salmon."
"One of his planned angling adventures is a float trip of nearly 100 miles down a wild stretch of the Zhang River in quest of various little-known trout and a salmonoid called the taimen, which can reach well over 100 pounds and live for more than a century."

Etymology

From salmon + -oid.

Inflected Forms

salmonoids (plural)

Questions

What does salmonoid mean?: Of or pertaining to the family Salmonidae of salmon and close relatives.
Where does salmonoid come from?: From salmon + -oid.

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