salˈmonoid noun and adjective

salmon¹ /samˈən/

noun (pl salmon or (in referring to different kinds of salmon) salmons)

1. A large, soft-finned fish (Salmo salar), with silvery sides, that ascends rivers to spawn and is highly prized as a food and game fish
2. Extended to many closely related fishes, and to some that resemble it superficially in some respects
3. The flesh of any of these as food
4. The colour of salmon flesh, a pinkish orange

adjective

Salmon-coloured

salmˈonet noun

A samlet

salˈmonid noun and adjective

(a fish) of the family Salmonidae, soft-finned fishes including the salmon, trout, etc

salˈmonoid adjective and noun

(of) any member of the suborder Salmonoidea

salmˈony adjective

salmˈonberry noun

A salmon-coloured N American raspberry, Rubus spectabilis

salmon coble noun

A boat used on rivers and estuaries by salmon fishermen

salmˈon-colour noun

An orange-pink

salmˈon-coloured adjective

salmon disease noun

A bacterial disease of salmon formerly attributed to a fungus (genus Saprolegnia)

salmˈon-fisher noun

salmon fishery noun

salmˈon-fishing noun

salmon fly noun

Any artificial fly used in salmon-fishing

salmon fry noun

Young salmon in their second year

salmon ladder noun

A series of steps built eg into the side of a river bed so as to permit salmon to pass upstream avoiding obstructions such as a dam, hydroelectric installation, etc

salmon leap noun

A waterfall which salmon ascend by leaping

salmon leister or salmon spear noun

An instrument for spearing salmon

salmon pink noun

salmon-pinkˈ adjective

salmon trout noun

1. A name applied to various forms of fish of the species Salmo trutta, resembling the salmon, esp the sea trout
2. Applied to various kinds of trout and char (US)

Burnett salmon

The Australian lungfish (from the Burnett River)