'Salmo mykiss' definitions:

Definition of 'Salmo mykiss'

From: GCIDE
  • Mykiss \My"kiss\, n. [Russ. muikize, prob. fr. a native name.] (Zool.) A salmon (Salmo mykiss, syn. Salmo purpuratus) marked with black spots and a red throat, found in most of the rivers from Alaska to the Colorado River, and in Siberia; -- called also black-spotted trout, cutthroat trout, and redthroat trout. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]