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landlocked salmon

noun

  1. a variety of the Atlantic Ocean salmon, Salmo salar, confined to the freshwater lakes of New England and adjacent areas of Canada.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of landlocked salmon1

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70
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Example Sentences

Some landlocked salmon have been introduced, but they are not adapted to North Dakota lakes and streams.

John Denny said they were all onannaniche or landlocked salmon.

Trout by nature, and landlocked salmon by artificial planting.

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