salmonnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈsæm.ən/us/ˈsæm.ən/plural salmonB1 a medium-sized silver-coloured fish that lives in the sea or rivers and swims up rivers to produce its eggs. Its pink flesh is eaten as a food:
fresh/smoked/tinned salmon
salmon mousse
salmon fishing
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- salmon steaks
- farmed salmon
- organic salmon
- I chose the salmon for my main course.
- Thousands of young salmon have been killed by the pollution.
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Sea fish
- anchovy
- barracuda
- bream
- cod
- coley
- flying fish
- groper
- haddock
- hake
- halibut
- pollack
- ray
- remora
- salmon trout
- sardine
- swordfish
- trout
- tuna
- turbot
- white pointer
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