white salmon

American  

noun

1. the yellowtail, Seriola lalandei.

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Etymology

Origin of white salmon

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

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white salmon

There’s white salmon ragu and English peas in the center, and the fried rice pyramid is served over a tart Meyer lemon sauce. 

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2016

One day he drove an open car on an exploring trip past Puget Sound inlets, where white salmon trollers and log booms lay moored.

From Time Magazine Archive

For example, though no "white salmon" are known in Virginia, it is possible that Smith referred to a fish that merely resembled a salmon without belonging to that family.

From The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia by James Wharton

And the caviare, the cheese, and the white salmon were eaten by the two dark gentlemen and the fat actor.

From The Wife, and other stories by Constance Garnett

Varieties which the colonists soon learned to eat included sheepshead, shad, sturgeon, herring, sole, white salmon, bass, flounder, pike, bream, perch, rock, and drum, as well as oysters, crabs, and mussels.

From New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America by John L. Cotter