'Nerka' definitions:
Definition of 'Nerka'
From: GCIDE
- Nerka \Ner"ka\, n. [Russ. niarka, prob. fr. native name.] (Zool.) The most important salmon of Alaska (Oncorhinchus nerka), ascending in spring most rivers and lakes from Alaska to Oregon, Washington, and Idaho; -- called also red salmon, redfish, blueback, and sawqui. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'nerka'
From: GCIDE
- Redfish \Red"fish`\ (r[e^]d"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.) (a) The blueback salmon of the North Pacific; -- called also nerka. See Blueback (b) . (b) The rosefish. (c) A large California labroid food fish ({Trochocopus pulcher}); -- called also fathead. (d) The red bass, red drum, or drumfish. See the Note under Drumfish. [1913 Webster]