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red salmon

noun
  1. sockeye salmon.

Origin of red salmon

First recorded in 1855–60
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British Dictionary definitions for red salmon

red salmon

noun
  1. any salmon having reddish flesh, esp the sockeye salmon
  2. the flesh of such a fish, esp canned
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