red salmon

noun

1. sockeye salmon.

red salmon

noun

1. any salmon having reddish flesh, esp the sockeye salmon
2. the flesh of such a fish, esp canned

Word History and Origins

Origin of red salmon¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

Salmon they smoked in numbers, for now the run of the humpback salmon was on, replacing the earlier one of the smaller red salmon.

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The red salmon has about 3500 eggs, the king salmon about 5200.

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In the middle were two of the baskets the Indians weave from roots, filled with red salmon-spawn.

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There were still silver hordes of fine red salmon swimming in the sea outside of the river's mouth.

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