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salmonlike

  • a word derived from salmon.
    salmon
    noun
    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.

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My arctic char arrived from Iceland, and Perron was careful to cook the salmonlike fillet until the skin crisped up but the flesh remained moist and buttery.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2016

They had just heard some natives crying out that a vast shoal of tau tau—a large salmonlike fish, greatly prized throughout the South Seas—had made their appearance, and already some canoes were being got ready.

From The Flemmings And "Flash Harry" Of Savait From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902 by Louis Becke