Definition of salmon

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Salmon (a.) Of a reddish yellow or orange color, like that of the flesh of the salmon..

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Tchawytcha :: Tchawytcha (n.) The quinnat salmon.
Fingerling :: Fingerling (n.) A young salmon. See Parr.
Sprong :: Sprod (n.) A salmon in its second year.
Smelt :: Smelt (n.) Any one of numerous species of small silvery salmonoid fishes of the genus Osmerus and allied genera, which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a peculiar odor and taste..
Malacopterygii :: Malacopterygii (n. pl.) An order of fishes in which the fin rays, except the anterior ray of the pectoral and dorsal fins, are closely jointed, and not spiny. It includes the carp, pike, salmon, shad, etc. Called also Malacopteri..
Kipper :: Kipper (n.) A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; -- so called because salmon after spawning were usually so cured, not being good when fresh..
Calver :: Calver (v. i.) To cut in slices and pickle, as salmon..
Bull Trout :: Bull trout () The huso or salmon of the Danube.
Skowitz :: Skowitz (n.) The silver salmon.
Gibfish :: Gibfish (n.) The male of the salmon.
Kipper :: Kipper (n.) A salmon after spawning.
Isospondyli :: Isospondyli (n. pl.) An extensive order of fishes, including the salmons, herrings, and many allied forms..
Ichthulin :: Ichthulin (n.) A substance from the yolk of salmon's egg.
Forktail :: Forktail (n.) A salmon in its fourth year's growth.
Yellowtail :: Yellowtail (n.) Any one of several species of marine carangoid fishes of the genus Seriola; especially, the large California species (S. dorsalis) which sometimes weighs thirty or forty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish; -- called also cavasina, and white salmon..
Kelt :: Kelt (n.) A salmon after spawning.
Cabrilla :: Cabrilla (n.) A name applied to various species of edible fishes of the genus Serranus, and related genera, inhabiting the Meditarranean, the coast of California, etc. In California, some of them are also called rock bass and kelp salmon..
Whitefish :: Whitefish (n.) Any one of several species of Coregonus, a genus of excellent food fishes allied to the salmons. They inhabit the lakes of the colder parts of North America, Asia, and Europe. The largest and most important American species (C. clupeiformis) is abundant in the Great Lakes, and in other lakes farther north. Called also lake whitefish, and Oswego bass..
Sea Trout :: Sea trout () Any one of several species of true trouts which descend rivers and enter the sea after spawning, as the European bull trout and salmon trout, and the eastern American spotted trout..
Salmons :: Salmons (pl. ) of Salmo.
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