1. soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae; [syn: Coregonidae, family Coregonidae]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
family Coregonidae
n 1: soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes;
formerly included in the family Salmonidae [syn:
Coregonidae, family Coregonidae]