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red salmon

noun

sockeye salmon.

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Origin of red salmon

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby red salmon

red rot, red route, red rover, red run, red sage, red salmon, red sandalwood, Red Scare, Red Sea, Red Sea, parting of the, red seaweed
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British Dictionary definitions for red salmon

red salmon

noun

any salmon having reddish flesh, esp the sockeye salmon
the flesh of such a fish, esp canned
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