sockeye salmon
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sockeye salmon
1865–70; sockeye, alteration (by folk etymology) of Halkomelem (Mainland dial.) sθə́qəỷ
Example Sentences
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Whilst bears are generally solitary, this one was heading to feast with others on the glut of sockeye salmon migrating upriver from the Pacific to their origin lake to spawn.
From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025
All Atlantic salmon, basa, halibut, mackerel, sockeye salmon and Pacific white shrimp were as advertised.
From Salon • Oct. 29, 2024
Chum and sockeye salmon have been the most frequently caught salmon species, followed by pink salmon.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2024
The cans, set aside to monitor packaging integrity over time, contained chum, coho, pink, and sockeye salmon caught in the Gulf of Alaska and Bristol Bay from 1979 to 2021.
From Science Magazine • May 7, 2024
Then, late in the summer, there came one marvellous night, when his father and brother returned from the sockeye salmon fishing, with news that set the entire Indian village talking far into the early morning.
From The Shagganappi by Johnson, E. Pauline
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