SOCKEYE

sockeye, sockeye salmon, red salmon, blueback salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka

(noun) small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sockeye (countable and uncountable, plural sockeyes or sockeye)

A small salmon with red flesh, Oncorhynchus nerka, found in the coastal waters of the northern Pacific.

The edible flesh of this fish.

Synonyms

• kokanee, blueback salmon, red salmon, sockeye salmon

Source: Wiktionary



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