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red salmon

red salmon

noun

  1. any salmon having reddish flesh, esp the sockeye salmon
  2. the flesh of such a fish, esp canned
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of red salmon1

First recorded in 1855–60
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Example Sentences

Salmon they smoked in numbers, for now the run of the humpback salmon was on, replacing the earlier one of the smaller red salmon.

The red salmon has about 3500 eggs, the king salmon about 5200.

In the middle were two of the baskets the Indians weave from roots, filled with red salmon-spawn.

There were still silver hordes of fine red salmon swimming in the sea outside of the river's mouth.

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