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taimen

taimen noun: a species of salmon (Hucho taimen), living in Siberia.

taimen: a species of salmon (Hucho taimen), living in Siberia
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Noun

taimen (plural taimens)

  1. A species of salmon (Hucho taimen), living in Siberia.
    • One of his planned angling adventures is a float trip of nearly 100 miles down a wild stretch of the Zhang River in quest of various little-known trout and a salmonoid called the taimen, which can reach well over 100 pounds and live for more than a century.1988 May 27, Nelson Bryant, “OUTDOORS; Quest for a 100-Year-Old Fish”, in The New York Times
    Synonyms:
    Siberian salmon, Siberian taimen

taimen meaning in Tamil

taimen in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Synonyms of taimen

  • Siberian salmon
  • Siberian taimen

Forms of taimen

pluraltaimens

Origin of taimen

From Russian тайме́нь (tajménʹ, “Hucho taimen”), from Middle Russian таймень (tajmenʹ), from Old Novgorodian таимень (taimenĭ), from Finnish taimen (“Salmo trutta”).

Questions about taimen

What does taimen mean?
Taimen means a species of salmon (Hucho taimen), living in Siberia.
What is taimen in Tamil?
Taimen in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Taimen meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is taimen?
Taimen is a noun.
What is the plural of taimen?
The plural of taimen is taimens.

Words near taimen in the dictionary

  1. tailzee
  2. tailzees
  3. tailzie
  4. tailzies
  5. Taimali
  6. taimen
  7. taimens
  8. Taimur
  9. Taimyr
  10. Taimyr Pidgin Russian
  11. Taimyr wolf

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Adapted from Wiktionary: taimen (page history and authors); taimen (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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