sockeye salmon
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sockeye salmon
1865–70; sockeye, alteration (by folk etymology) of Halkomelem (Mainland dial.) sθə́qəỷ
Example Sentences
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In the summer, the area is thronged by fishermen drawn to Bristol Bay for the world’s largest sockeye salmon run.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Whilst bears are generally solitary, this one was heading to feast with others on the glut of sockeye salmon migrating upriver from the Pacific to their origin lake to spawn.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025
Meanwhile, nearly double the usual number of sockeye salmon returned to Bristol Bay in 2022.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 2024
If sockeye salmon was sold as salmon without any other qualifier, it was considered mislabelled.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2024
Then, late in the summer, there came one marvellous night, when his father and brother returned from the sockeye salmon fishing, with news that set the entire Indian village talking far into the early morning.
From The Shagganappi by Johnson, E. Pauline
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