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SALVELINUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Salvelinus mean? 

SALVELINUS (noun)
  The noun SALVELINUS has 1 sense:

1. brook troutplay

  Familiarity information: SALVELINUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SALVELINUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Brook trout

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Salvelinus; Salvelinus

Hypernyms ("Salvelinus" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Salvelinus"):

lake trout; salmon trout; Salvelinus namaycush (large fork-tailed trout of lakes of Canada and the northern United States)

brook trout; Salvelinus fontinalis; speckled trout (North American freshwater trout; introduced in Europe)

char; charr (any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus)

Holonyms ("Salvelinus" is a member of...):

family Salmonidae; Salmonidae (salmon and trout)


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