Definitions for salmonidae

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Salmonidae, family Salmonidae(noun)

    salmon and trout

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Salmonidae

    A family of anadromous fish comprising SALMON; TROUT; whitefish; and graylings. They are the most important food and game fishes. Their habitat is the northern Atlantic and Pacific, both marine and inland, and the Great Lakes. (Nelson: Fishes of the World, 1976, p97)


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