salvelinus alpinus

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   small trout of northern waters; landlocked populations in Quebec and northern New England

   SynonymsArctic char

   Broaderchar

Questions about salvelinus alpinus

What does salvelinus alpinus mean?

salvelinus alpinus means "small trout of northern waters; landlocked populations in Quebec and northern New England".

What is another word for salvelinus alpinus?

Close synonyms include Arctic char. 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 salvelinus alpinus a common word?

salvelinus alpinus 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.