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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024salm•on /ˈsæmən/USA pronunciation n., pl. -ons, (esp. when thought of as a group) -on for 1-3. , adj.. n. - Fish[countable] a fish having edible, pink flesh.
- [uncountable] a light yellowish pink.
adj. - of the color salmon.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024salm•on (sam′ən),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ons, (esp. collectively) -on for 1–3, adj. n. - Fisha marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America near the mouths of large rivers, which it enters to spawn.
- FishSee landlocked salmon.
- Fishany of several salmonoid food fishes of the genus Oncorhynchus, inhabiting the North Pacific.
- a light yellowish-pink.
adj. - of the color salmon.
- Latin salmōn-, stem of salmō
- Anglo-French (Old French saumon)
- Middle English salmoun, samoun 1200–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: salmon /ˈsæmən/ n ( pl -ons, -on)- any soft-finned fish of the family Salmonidae, esp Salmo salar of the Atlantic and Oncorhynchus species (sockeye, Chinook, etc) of the Pacific, which are important food fishes. They occur in cold and temperate waters and many species migrate to fresh water to spawn
- Austral any of several unrelated fish, esp the Australian salmon
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French saumon, from Latin salmō; related to Late Latin salar trout |