pink salmon

noun

1. a small Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, distinguished by its small scales and long anal fin and by the bright red spawning coloration of males, occurring from California to Alaska and in waters of Japan: fished commercially and for sport.

pink salmon

noun

1. any salmon having pale pink flesh, esp Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, of the Pacific Ocean
2. the flesh of such a fish

Word History and Origins

Origin of pink salmon¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

They think he might possibly prefer a white child to the delicate pink salmon, but in this they are quite mistaken.

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Then the blackberries and thimble-berries will be ripe, and the pink salmon-berry in the redwoods.

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Then Thor made eight mouthfuls of eight pink salmon, a dish of which he was very fond.

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Fresh fish this time, half a pink salmon trout lately pulled from the water.

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"Yes, sir," said Frank, gazing at the very pink salmon emblazoned on the tin.

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