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salmon
[ sam-uhn ]
/ ËsĂŠm Én /
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noun, plural salm·ons, (especially collectively) salm·on for 1-3.
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.
adjective
of the color salmon.
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Origin of salmon
First recorded in 1200â50; Middle English salmoun, samoun, from Anglo-French from Old French saumon, or directly fromLatin salmĆn-, stem of salmĆ
OTHER WORDS FROM salmon
salm·on·like, adjectiveWords nearby salmon
sally port, salmagundi, Salmanazar, salmi, salmis, salmon, salmonberry, salmon brick, Salmond, salmonella, salmonellosis
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British Dictionary definitions for salmon
salmon
/ (ËsĂŠmÉn) /
noun plural -ons or -on
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
Word Origin for salmon
C13: from Old French saumon, from Latin salmĆ; related to Late Latin salar trout
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