- salmoniform
- sal·mon·i·form
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salmoniform
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salmoniform — ▪ fish Introduction any member of the order Salmoniformes, a diverse and complex group of fishes. The order consists of about 1,000 species in the freshwaters and in the oceans of the world. Included are the familiar trout, salmon, and pike … Universalium
salmoniform — nəˌfȯrm adjective Etymology: salmon + iform : resembling a salmon * * * salmoniform, a. (sælˈmɒnɪfɔːm) [f. salmon n.1 + iform.] = salmonoid. in Century Dict. (citing Huxley.) … Useful english dictionary
salmoniform — adjective Belonging to the order Salmoniformes, whose only living family is the family Salmonidae of ray finned fish … Wiktionary
Niobrara Formation — Stratigraphic range: Coniacian Campanian Type Geological formation Sub units Smoky Hill Chalk Member Fort Hays Limestone Member Underlies Pierre Shale … Wikipedia
Australian salmon — Taxobox name = Australian salmon image width = 201px image caption = Eastern Australian salmon, Arripis trutta regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Perciformes familia = Arripidae genus = Arripis genus authority =… … Wikipedia
Florida Museum of Natural History — Coordinates: 29°38′09″N 82°22′13″W / 29.63583°N 82.37028°W / 29.63583; 82.37028 … Wikipedia
Freshwater fish — Fresh water fish are fish that spend some or all of their lives in fresh water, such as rivers and lakes, with a salinity of less than 0.05%. These environments differ from marine conditions in many ways, the most obvious being the difference in… … Wikipedia
fish — fishless, adj. /fish/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) fish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) fishes, v. n. 1. any of various cold blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with … Universalium
Fish — /fish/, n. Hamilton, 1808 93, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1869 77. * * * I Any of more than 24,000 species of cold blooded vertebrates found worldwide in fresh and salt water. Living species range from the primitive lampreys and hagfishes… … Universalium
clupeiform — ▪ fish Introduction any member of the superorder Clupeomorpha, a group of bony fishes (bony fish) with one living order, the Clupeiformes, that contains some of the world s most numerous and economically important fishes (fish). The order… … Universalium
