salmon
a marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America near the mouths of large rivers, which it enters to spawn.
any of several salmonoid food fishes of the genus Oncorhynchus, inhabiting the North Pacific Ocean.
a light yellowish-pink.
of the color salmon.
Origin of salmon
1Other words from salmon
- salm·on·like, adjective
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How to use salmon in a sentence
Overfishing—when we take fish out of their natural habitat at a rate too fast for them to keep up with in terms of replenishing the supply—has depleted wild populations of halibut, monkfish, tuna, and salmon, among others.
This Startup Is Growing Sushi-Grade Salmon From Cells in a Lab | Vanessa Bates Ramirez | September 16, 2020 | Singularity HubMasu salmon, the species most common in these rivers at this time of year, are among the smallest of all salmon.
The quest to snare—and save—the world’s largest owl | Jonathan Slaght | August 28, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThe masu have the most constricted range of any Pacific salmon, largely confined to the Sea of Japan, around the island of Sakhalin, and in western Kamchatka.
The quest to snare—and save—the world’s largest owl | Jonathan Slaght | August 28, 2020 | Popular-ScienceYou are made of Mill Creek water, the fruit from our trees, Swanton berries, and Pacific salmon.
Human activity has reduced the number of Chinook salmon, which is the favorite food of these orcas.
Conservation is going to the dogs | Alison Pearce Stevens | April 2, 2020 | Science News For Students
Chickens require significantly less land, water, and energy than all other meat options except farmed salmon.
The History of the Chicken: How This Humble Bird Saved Humanity | William O’Connor | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPlus, the Spey, one of the most famous salmon rivers in the world, bordered the south side of the estate.
You will find one of the best places on earth to go salmon fishing.
They are an undressed salad compared to a Pacific wild salmon.
The state of Idaho paid a bounty hunter to kill wolves in the salmon River country.
I want to go into camp there in the early spring—have invited Hofer and one or two others for salmon-fishing.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonShe had submitted to giving up the salmon, but the devil himself should not cheat her out of her dessert.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange KiellandHe allowed himself to be cut free from the salmon line and dragged behind a kind of housemaid's closet at the foot of the stairs.
The Weight of the Crown | Fred M. WhiteAs we sat there, we heard noises, not very harmonious, interrupting the song of the salmon-fishers.
Mrs. Falchion, Complete | Gilbert ParkerNo two classes of people could be more unlike than the salmon-fishers of Sunburst and the mill-hands and river-drivers of Viking.
Mrs. Falchion, Complete | Gilbert Parker
British Dictionary definitions for salmon
/ (ˈsæmən) /
any soft-finned fish of the family Salmonidae, esp Salmo salar of the Atlantic and Oncorhynchus species (sockeye, Chinook, etc) of the Pacific, which are important food fishes. They occur in cold and temperate waters and many species migrate to fresh water to spawn
Australian any of several unrelated fish, esp the Australian salmon
short for salmon pink
Origin of salmon
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