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

And he was delighted as he looked at his parcel, in which there was caviare, cheese, and white salmon.

From The Wife, and other stories by Garnett, Constance

An attempt was made to can and sell them as white salmon, but without success; though recently a market has been found in Japan, whither they are sent in the dried form.

From Fishing in British Columbia With a Chapter on Tuna Fishing at Santa Catalina by Lambert, Thomas Wilson

The name given in Cumberland to the Salmo albus, or white salmon.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir