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SALVELINUS NAMAYCUSH

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

lake trout; salmon trout; Salvelinus namaycush

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Nouns denoting animals

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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