sockeye
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of sockeye
by folk etymology from Salishan sukkegh
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
The stable parasite levels observed in coho and sockeye salmon are more difficult to interpret.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 1, 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
If sockeye salmon was sold as salmon without any other qualifier, it was considered mislabelled.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2024
It is not known at what age they seek the salt water, nor at what age they return; while in the case of the sockeye their feeding grounds in the Pacific are an unsolved mystery.
From Fishing in British Columbia With a Chapter on Tuna Fishing at Santa Catalina by Lambert, Thomas Wilson
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