Salmo
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- noun
- /ˈsælmoʊ/
- Specialized
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Salmo
- To learn more about the Salmo species, we visited a fishery specializing in salmon and trout.
Examples
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Many aquaculture farms in Norway raise Salmo species, especially salmon, for export.
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The Salmo genus includes both salmon and trout, which are popular among anglers.
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The fish I caught was the size of a salmon, and it was a salmon.
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So we'll start with salmon, tiny baby salmon.
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So what we're looking at is the salmon industry, the farm salmon industry in Chile.
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But even wild salmon has pretty significant levels of mercury cadmium.
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Unfortunately, Chile is a country that has housed open net pen salmon farming in its waters.
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But it is supporting predators, not only trout and salmon, but osprey, bear, Otter.
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Oily fish are fish such as tuna, not tin tuna, though fresh tuna, salmon, mackerel.
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But a wild salmon, a wild trout, mackerel, sardines, anchovies.
Synonyms
A group of fish that includes salmon and trout
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Salmo comes from the Latin word salmo, which meant 'salmon'. Scientists use Salmo as the name for the group of fish that includes salmon and some trout, so the name literally tells you these fish belong to the same group.