red salmon

red salmon

n. See sockeye salmon.

red salmon

n 1. (Animals) any salmon having reddish flesh, esp the sockeye salmon 2. (Animals) the flesh of such a fish, esp canned

sock′eye salm′on

(ˈsɒkˌaɪ)
n. a N Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka: an important food fish. Also called red salmon, sock′eye`. [1865–70; sockeye, alter. (by folk etym.) Salishan sθə́qəy̓]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	red salmon - fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and riverssockeye, sockeye salmonblueback salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, red salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon - small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawningsalmon - flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae
	2.	red salmon - small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawningblueback salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, sockeye, sockeye salmonsalmon - any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawngenus Oncorhynchus, Oncorhynchus - Pacific salmon including sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; chum salmon; coho salmonred salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon - fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers