sockeye salmon

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• sockeye salmon — [säk′ī΄] n. [altered < Salish suk kegh] a red fleshed salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) of the N Pacific: it is an endangered species …   English World dictionary

• Sockeye salmon — For other uses, see Sockeye (disambiguation). Sockeye salmon Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• sockeye salmon — /sok uy / an important food fish, Oncorhynchus nerka, inhabiting the North Pacific. Also called blueback salmon, red salmon, sockeye. [1865 70; sockeye, alter. (by folk etym.) of Halkomelem (Mainland dial.) sthaqay ] * * * or red salmon Food fish …   Universalium

• sockeye salmon virus — infectious haematopoietic necrosis (an acute Rhabdovirus group viral disease of salmonids transmitted from fish to fish and by eggs in western North America, e.g. in chinook and sockeye salmon and rainbow trout. The disease destroys the… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• sockeye salmon — noun 1. fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers • Syn: ↑red salmon, ↑sockeye • Hypernyms: ↑salmon • Part Holonyms: ↑sockeye, ↑red salmon, ↑blueback salmon, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• sockeye salmon — noun Etymology: by folk etymology from Northern Straits (Salishan language of southern Vancouver Island and nearby islands) səqəy̓ Date: 1869 a commercially important Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) that is greenish blue above and silvery… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sockeye salmon — sock′eye salm′on [[t]ˈsɒkˌaɪ[/t]] n. ich a N Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka: an important food fish Also called red salmon sock′eye . • Etymology: 1865–70; sockeye, alter. (by folk etym.) Salishan sθəqəy̓ …   From formal English to slang

• Salmon — is the common name for several species of fish of the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the family are called trout. Salmon live in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, as well as the Great Lakes and other land locked lakes.Typically,… …   Wikipedia

• salmon — salmonlike, adj. /sam euhn/, n., pl. salmons, (esp. collectively) salmon for 1 3, adj. n. 1. a marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe… …   Universalium

• sockeye — noun a) a small salmon with red flesh, Onchorynchus nerka, found in the coastal waters of the northern Pacific b) the edible flesh of this fish Syn: blueback salmon, red salmon, sockeye salmon …   Wiktionary

• salmon — /ˈsæmən / (say samuhn) noun 1. (plural salmon or salmons)→ Australian salmon. 2. (plural salmon or salmons) a marine and freshwater food fish, introduced into Australia, Salmo salar (family Salmonidae), with pink flesh, common in the northern… …