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saber-toothed salmon

saber-toothed salmon noun: a species of large extinct salmon, †Oncorhynchus rastrosus; it lived along the Pacific coast of North America and Japan from the late Miocene to early Pliocene, 12–5 MYA.

saber-toothed salmon: a species of large extinct salmon, †Oncorhynchus rastrosus; it lived along the Pacific coast of...
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Noun

saber-toothed salmon (plural saber-toothed salmons or saber-toothed salmon)

  1. A species of large extinct salmon, †Oncorhynchus rastrosus; it lived along the Pacific coast of North America and Japan from the late Miocene to early Pliocene, 12–5 MYA.
    Synonyms:
    spike-toothed salmon

Synonyms of saber-toothed salmon

  • spike-toothed salmon

Forms of saber-toothed salmon

pluralsaber-toothed salmons
pluralsaber-toothed salmon

Questions about saber-toothed salmon

What does saber-toothed salmon mean?
Saber-toothed salmon means a species of large extinct salmon, †Oncorhynchus rastrosus; it lived along the Pacific coast of North America and Japan from the late Miocene to early Pliocene, 12–5 MYA.
What part of speech is saber-toothed salmon?
Saber-toothed salmon is a noun.
What is the plural of saber-toothed salmon?
The plural of saber-toothed salmon is saber-toothed salmons.

Words near saber-toothed salmon in the dictionary

  1. saber-rattling
  2. saber-rattlings
  3. saber-toothed
  4. saber-toothed cat
  5. saber-toothed cats
  6. saber-toothed salmon
  7. saber-toothed salmons
  8. saber-toothed tiger
  9. saber-toothed tigers
  10. saberage
  11. saberbill

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