red salmon
Americannoun
noun
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any salmon having reddish flesh, esp the sockeye salmon
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the flesh of such a fish, esp canned
Etymology
Origin of red salmon
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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Most Bering Sea fisheries operate on subarctic or boreal species: things like cod and pollock, or red king crab or red salmon.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2022
For certain fish, however, including 79 percent of red salmon, 56 percent of crab and 47 percent of sea urchin imported into Japan, Russia is the dominant supplier.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2022
Even the plump, red salmon were visible from above.
From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2019
Perhaps the most luminous is at the confluence of the Copper and Chitina rivers, where dipnetters clinging to high bluffs fish for red salmon.
From The Guardian ● May 25, 2018
Oftentimes he sighed deeply, and related anecdotes redolent of "red salmon" and "deer flesh," "strawberries as big as teacups" and "peaches as big as pint bowls," in places where he had sailed.
From Cape Cod Folks by Greene, Sarah P. McLean
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