salmonless

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

salmon +‎ -less

Adjective[edit]

salmonless (not comparable)

  1. Devoid of salmon.
    a salmonless river
    • 1868, Thaddeus Norris, American Fish-culture: Embracing All the Details of Artificial Breeding and Rearing of Trout; the Culture of Salmon, Shad, and Other Fishes:
      […] that there is a large increase in the numbers of salmon in Scottish rivers; and on this instinct, with the aid of fishways and fish culture, the New England states now depend for restocking their salmonless streams.

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