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salmonid

salmonid

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A fish like a salmon or trout that lives in cold water
  • noun
  • /ˈsælmənɪd/
  • Specialized
: salmónido
  • The salmonid species migrate to freshwater rivers to spawn each year.
  • anadromous salmonids
  • Pacific salmonids
  • salmonid fish

Examples

  • Salmonids require spawning habitats that have cool, clear water and stable gravel beds.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The unstable channels also typically provide poor habitat for spawning and rearing salmonid fish.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The ability to move is crucial to every part of the salmonid cycle.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The problem is complicated by the fact that different salmonid species have different movement patterns and habitat requirements.

    Academic text (2017)
  • As the case studies demonstrate, past decisions on salmonid habitat conservation have not been based on science alone.

    Academic text (2018)
  • In Atlantic Canada, the Salmonid Demonstration and Development Farm was established to help local salmon farmers.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The first is a survey of salmonid populations in Oregon's coastal streams.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Juvenile salmonids require a diverse and connected habitat that utilizes practically every segment of the stream environment.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The geographic focus on high-latitude and high-altitude rivers entails that salmonids, the predominant fish family in this region, are over-represented in the literature.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The agency developed separate conservation strategies for spotted owls, marbled murrelets, salmonids, and a "multi-species" strategy that provided habitats for forty-nine other at-risk wildlife species.

    Academic text (2018)

Surface Forms

salmonid singular
salmonids plural

Morphology

salmonid = salmon (semi-transparent) = salmon + id

Formed from 'salmon' plus the taxonomic suffix '-id'; the relation to 'salmon' is clear but the suffix is technical and may be unfamiliar to average learners.

Etymology

Salmonid comes from the fish name salmon and the scientific ending -id or -idae, which means 'belonging to a family'. So a salmonid is a fish that belongs to the salmon family, like salmon and trout.