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Sockeye Salmon meaning in English

Meaning of Sockeye Salmon in English

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Sockeye Salmon pronunciation in English

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Sockeye Salmon

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Noun

1. red salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon

fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers

2. blueback salmon, oncorhynchus nerka, red salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon

small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning

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Sockeye Salmon

see synonyms of sockeye salmon
a red-fleshed salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) of the N Pacific: it is an endangered species

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Sockeye Salmon

see synonyms of sockeye salmon
n.
A salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) of northern Pacific coastal waters, having a silvery body with a dark bluish back and small black speckles. Both sexes turn red before spawning. Also called blueback salmon, red salmon.

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