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salmon
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salm·on  (smn)
n. pl. salmon or salm·ons
1. Any of various large food and game fishes of the genera Salmo and Oncorhynchus, of northern waters, having delicate pinkish flesh and characteristically swimming from salt to fresh water to spawn.
2. A moderate, light, or strong yellowish pink to a moderate reddish orange or light orange.

[Middle English samoun, from Old French saumon, from Latin salm, salmn-; see sel- in Indo-European roots.]

salmon
Noun
pl -ons or -on a large pink-fleshed fish which is highly valued for food and sport: salmon live in the sea but return to fresh water to spawn [Latin salmo]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.salmonsalmon - any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
food fish - any fish used for food by human beings
family Salmonidae, Salmonidae - salmon and trout
salmonid - soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters
blackfish - female salmon that has recently spawned
redfish - male salmon that has recently spawned
Salmo salar, Atlantic salmon - found in northern coastal Atlantic waters or tributaries; adults do not die after spawning
blueback salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, red salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon - small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, quinnat salmon, chinook salmon, king salmon, chinook - large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning
chum salmon, Oncorhynchus keta, chum - a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish
blue jack, Oncorhynchus kisutch, silver salmon, coho, coho salmon, cohoe - small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes
salmon - flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae
2.salmonSalmon - a tributary of the Snake River in Idaho
Gem State, ID, Idaho - a state in the Rocky Mountains
3.salmon - flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae
salmon - any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
fish - the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat"; "they have a chef who specializes in fish"
Atlantic salmon - fatty pink flesh of fish from northern coastal Atlantic; usually marketed fresh
red salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon - fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers
chinook salmon, king salmon, chinook - pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
coho, coho salmon, cohoe, silver salmon - fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes
smoked salmon - salmon cured by smoking
kippered salmon - salted and smoked salmon
4.salmon - a pale pinkish orange color
Adj.1.salmon - of orange tinged with pink
chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue
Translations
salmon [ˈsæmən] n (pl inv) → salmón m

salmon [ˈsæmən] n (pl inv) → saumon m

salmon [ˈsæmən] n invLachs m

salmon [ˈsæmən] n (pl inv) → salmone m

salmon
n salmon [ˈsӕmən]
a type of large fish with orange-pink flesh. salm سَمَك سُلَيْمان сьомга losos laks der Lachs σολομός salmón lõhe ماهي آزاد lohi saumon סַלמוֹן सामन, मृदुपक्षा losos lazac ikan salem lax salmone 연어 lašiša lasis ikan salmon zalm laks łosoś salmão somon лосось losos losos losos lax ปลาแซลมอน som/somon balığı 大麻哈魚, 鮭魚 лосось, сьомга جنس سالمو کے خاندان کی نقل مکانی کرنے والی سمندری مچھلی cá hồi , 鲑鱼


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