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Salmonidae
plural noun
Sal·mon·i·dae
\salˈmänəˌdē\
Definition of Salmonidae
: a family of soft-finned fishes (suborder Salmonoidea) including as generally understood the salmons, trouts, chars, and whitefishes all of which are elongate and shapely and have the last vertebrae upturned
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Origin and Etymology of salmonidae
New Latin, from Salmon-, Salmo, type genus + -idae
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