salmonoid

adjective

1. resembling a salmon.
2. belonging or pertaining to the suborder Salmonoidea, to which the salmon family belongs.

noun

3. a salmonoid fish.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Salmonoidea, a suborder of soft-finned teleost fishes having a fatty fin between the dorsal and tail fins: includes the salmon, whitefish, grayling, smelt, and char
2. of, relating to, or resembling a salmon

noun

3. any fish belonging to the suborder Salmonoidea, esp any of the family Salmonidae (salmon, trout, char)