blueback salmon
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Related to blueback salmon: red salmon, sockeye salmon
blue·back salmon
(blo͞o′băk′)n.
See sockeye salmon.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() salmon - any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn genus Oncorhynchus, Oncorhynchus - Pacific salmon including sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; chum salmon; coho salmon |
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