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salmon
[ sam-uhn ]
noun
- a 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.
- any of several salmonoid food fishes of the genus Oncorhynchus, inhabiting the North Pacific Ocean.
- a light yellowish-pink.
adjective
- of the color salmon.
salmon
/ ˈæə /
noun
- 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
- any of several unrelated fish, esp the Australian salmon
- short for salmon pink
Other Word Forms
- o· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of salmon1
Word History and Origins
Origin of salmon1
Example Sentences
I enjoyed everything bagels paired with smoked salmon cream cheese.
The soup base can also be incorporated with heavy cream to make a decadent, spring-themed pasta sauce that pairs well with seafood, like grilled salmon or pan seared shrimp.
This kit from H&H delivers the chewy New York-style bagels, thick schmears of cream cheese and perfectly salty slices of Nova Scotia salmon.
The group saw something being flung out of the water by the dolphins and initially thought it was a salmon, but they realised it was a common dolphin calf.
Butler said salmon previously represented about three-fourths of his income.
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