blueback salmon
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blueback salmon — noun small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning • Syn: ↑sockeye, ↑sockeye salmon, ↑red salmon, ↑Oncorhynchus nerka • Hypernyms: ↑salmon • … Useful english dictionary
salmon — /ˈsæmən / (say samuhn) noun 1. (plural salmon or salmons)→ Australian salmon. 2. (plural salmon or salmons) a marine and freshwater food fish, introduced into Australia, Salmo salar (family Salmonidae), with pink flesh, common in the northern… …
Blueback — may refer to any of a number of unrelated fish species with blue coloration (particularly on the dorsal side), including:*Cisco (lake herring) *Blueback herring ( Alosa aestivalis ) *Sockeye salmon *Blueback is a local nickname for Beardslee… … Wikipedia
Blueback — Blue back , n. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A trout ({Salmo oquassa}) inhabiting some of the lakes of Maine. (b) A salmon ({Oncorhynchus nerka}) of the Columbia River and northward. (c) An American river herring ({Clupea [ae]stivalis}), closely allied to the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blueback — Nerka Ner ka, n. [Russ. niarka, prob. fr. native name.] (Zo[ o]l.) The most important salmon of Alaska ({Oncorhinchus nerka}), ascending in spring most rivers and lakes from Alaska to Oregon, Washington, and Idaho; called also {red salmon},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
salmon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. kipper, lox; alevin, parr, smolt, samlet, etc. See food, animal. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A fish]. Varieties of salmon include: Atlantic, Pacific, Alaskan, quinnat, chinook, redback, blueback, humpback … English dictionary for students
blueback — common name for a number of blue coloured fishes, particularly the lake herring, or cisco, a whitefish (q.v.); the summer, or glut, herring (see herring); and the sockeye salmon (q.v.). * * * … Universalium
sockeye salmon — noun 1. fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers • Syn: ↑red salmon, ↑sockeye • Hypernyms: ↑salmon • Part Holonyms: ↑sockeye, ↑red salmon, ↑blueback salmon, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
red salmon — noun 1. fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers • Syn: ↑sockeye, ↑sockeye salmon • Hypernyms: ↑salmon • Part Holonyms: ↑sockeye, ↑sockeye salmon, ↑bluebac … Useful english dictionary
sockeye salmon — /sok uy / an important food fish, Oncorhynchus nerka, inhabiting the North Pacific. Also called blueback salmon, red salmon, sockeye. [1865 70; sockeye, alter. (by folk etym.) of Halkomelem (Mainland dial.) sthaqay ] * * * or red salmon Food fish … Universalium
