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salmon - any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn |
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salmonid soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters
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food fish any fish used for food by human beings
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family salmonidae,
salmonidae salmon and trout
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blackfish female salmon that has recently spawned
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redfish male salmon that has recently spawned
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salmo salar,
atlantic salmon found in northern coastal Atlantic waters or tributaries; adults do not die after spawning
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blueback salmon,
oncorhynchus nerka,
red salmon,
sockeye,
sockeye salmon fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers
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oncorhynchus tshawytscha,
quinnat salmon,
chinook salmon,
king salmon,
chinook pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
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chum salmon,
oncorhynchus keta,
chum a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish
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blue jack,
oncorhynchus kisutch,
coho,
coho salmon,
cohoe,
silver salmon small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes
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salmon any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
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salmon - flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae |
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fish any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills; "the shark is a large fish"; "in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish"
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salmon any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
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atlantic salmon found in northern coastal Atlantic waters or tributaries; adults do not die after spawning
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red salmon,
sockeye,
sockeye salmon fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers
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chinook salmon,
king salmon,
chinook pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon
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coho,
coho salmon,
cohoe,
silver salmon small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes
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smoked salmon salmon cured by smoking
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kippered salmon salted and smoked salmon
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Salmon - a tributary of the Snake River in Idaho |
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gem state,
idaho,
id a state in the Rocky Mountains
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salmon - a pale pinkish orange color |
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chromatic color,
chromatic colour,
spectral color,
spectral colour a color that has hue
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