sockeye salmon meaning

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sockeye salmon (noun): fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers.

sockeye salmon has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

sockeye salmon as a noun

  1. fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers

    Synonyms: red salmon, sockeye

    Type of: salmon

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

    Synonyms: sockeye, red salmon, blueback salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka

    Type of: salmon

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