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SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Salvelinus namaycush mean? 

SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH (noun)
  The noun SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH has 1 sense:

1. large fork-tailed trout of lakes of Canada and the northern United Statesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large fork-tailed trout of lakes of Canada and the northern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

lake trout; salmon trout; Salvelinus namaycush

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

trout (any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons)

Meronyms (parts of "Salvelinus namaycush"):

lake trout (flesh of large trout of northern lakes)

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

genus Salvelinus; Salvelinus (brook trout)


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