taimen

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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Definition of taimen

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.”

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Etymology

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

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