salmonoidea

plural noun

sal·​mo·​noi·​dea

ˌsalməˈnȯidēə

: a suborder of soft-finned fishes (order Isospondyli) that includes the salmons and trouts and numerous other forms (as the graylings, smelts, and capelins) having an adipose fin

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Salmon-, Salmo + -oidea or -oidei

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