'red salmon' definitions:
Definition of 'red salmon'
From: WordNet
noun
Fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers [syn: red salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon]
noun
Small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning [syn: sockeye, sockeye salmon, red salmon, blueback salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka]
Definition of 'red salmon'
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.]