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GENUS SALVELINUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Brook trout

Synonyms:

genus Salvelinus; Salvelinus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus Salvelinus" is a member of...):

family Salmonidae; Salmonidae (salmon and trout)

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