red salmon

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red salmon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Nerka \Ner"ka\, n. [Russ. niarka, prob. fr. native name.]
     (Zool.)
     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,
     redfish, blueback, and sawqui.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

red salmon - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  red salmon
      n 1: fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers [syn:
           red salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon]
      2: 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,
         blueback salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka]