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SALMO GAIRDNERI

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Meaning:

Found in Pacific coastal waters and streams from lower California to Alaska

Synonyms:

rainbow trout; Salmo gairdneri

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Salmo gairdneri" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "Salmo gairdneri"):

rainbow trout (flesh of Pacific trout that migrate from salt to fresh water)

Holonyms ("Salmo gairdneri" is a member of...):

genus Salmo; Salmo (type genus of the Salmonidae: salmon and trout)

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