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salmon

[ sam-uhn ]

noun

plural salmons, (especially collectively) salmon
  1. 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.
  2. any of several salmonoid food fishes of the genus Oncorhynchus, inhabiting the North Pacific Ocean.
  3. a light yellowish-pink.


adjective

  1. of the color salmon.

salmon

/ ˈæə /

noun

  1. 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
  2. any of several unrelated fish, esp the Australian salmon
  3. short for salmon pink
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • o· adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of salmon1

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English salmoun, samoun, from Anglo-French from Old French saumon, or directly from Latin ō-, stem of ō
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Word History and Origins

Origin of salmon1

C13: from Old French saumon, from Latin ō; related to Late Latin salar trout
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I enjoyed everything bagels paired with smoked salmon cream cheese.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Butler said salmon previously represented about three-fourths of his income.

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