Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The leading genus of Salmonidæ.

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  • noun type genus of the Salmonidae: salmon and trout

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Examples

  • Fish it crosscurrent with a start-stop retrieve: It will hop and zigzag from seam to seam, something that gets trout, smallmouths, and walleyes to take notice. $7; 952-224-3649; www. salmo-usa.com

    SALMO TENO 2008

  • Fish it crosscurrent with a start-stop retrieve: It will hop and zigzag from seam to seam, something that gets trout, smallmouths, and walleyes to take notice. $7; 952-224-3649; www. salmo-usa.com

    SALMO TENO 2008

  • Smoked-salmon quiche, grilled salmon with lime butter sauce, salmon sushi, poached salmon fillets with dill crème fraîche -- really the choices with salmo ...

    Tara Lohan: Farm-Raised Salmon Are Turning Our Oceans Into Polluted Feedlots 2009

  • Smoked-salmon quiche, grilled salmon with lime butter sauce, salmon sushi, poached salmon fillets with dill crème fraîche -- really the choices with salmo ...

    Tara Lohan: Farm-Raised Salmon Are Turning Our Oceans Into Polluted Feedlots 2009

  • The name “salmo” has ancient European roots tracing back to Latin, Middle English (samoun), and Old French (saumon).

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • The name “salmo” has ancient European roots tracing back to Latin, Middle English (samoun), and Old French (saumon).

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • The name “salmo” has ancient European roots tracing back to Latin, Middle English (samoun), and Old French (saumon).

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • When the common name “salmo” was transformed into the genus Salmo, it become the “type species” of the family, the nucleus of the family Salmonidae.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • When the common name “salmo” was transformed into the genus Salmo, it become the “type species” of the family, the nucleus of the family Salmonidae.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • When the common name “salmo” was transformed into the genus Salmo, it become the “type species” of the family, the nucleus of the family Salmonidae.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

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