salmo salar

Questions about salmo salar

What does salmo salar mean?

salmo salar means "found in northern coastal Atlantic waters or tributaries; adults do not die after spawning".

What is another word for salmo salar?

Close synonyms include Atlantic salmon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is salmo salar a common word?

salmo salar is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.