salmónido

Definitions of salmónido
  1. noun
    soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters
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    types:
    salmón
    any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
    trucha
    any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons
    trucha de río
    speckled trout of European rivers; introduced in North America
    type of:
    malacopterigio
    any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii
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