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salmons

  • plural
    of 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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Shotter said that salmon sperm “is harvested from salmons without harming them.”

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2024

As a result, the state has been trucking millions of salmons raised at hatcheries to the ocean each year, bypassing the perilous downstream journey.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2021

Thor alone an ox devoured, salmons eight, and all the sweetmeats women should have.

From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson

How many rabbits and salmons had he laid low that week?

From A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... by Hurry Bungsho Jabberjee

With these mackerels, four salmons, a custom-house officer, and a Norwegian parson, we set off at noon for Christiania.

From Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland by Bayard Taylor