| 单词 | dog salmon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdog salmon dog salmon n. North American any of various Pacific salmon of the genus Oncorhynchus; spec. the chum salmon, O. keta (see chum n.4). ΚΠ 1860 G. Suckley in Explor. & Surv. Railroad Route to Pacific: Zool. Rep. (U.S. War Dept.) 341 Salmo canis, Suckley... Owing to the large jaws and long ferocious-looking teeth of the species they have obtained from the whites the name of dog-salmon. 1881 Amer. Naturalist 15 178 Dog salmon... The males of all the species in the fall are usually known as dog salmon, or fall salmon... Hump-back—..Puget Sound salmon, dog salmon (of Alaska). a1976 R. Haig-Brown in V. Haig-Brown Woods & River Tales (1980) ix. 91 In November the Atsi is white with the splashing of dog salmon as they run up to spawn. 1997 High Country News 17 Mar. 11/2 It still has some wild runs of chum, also known as dog salmon. < as lemmas |
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