red salm•on
We found 2 definitions of red salmon from 1 different sources.
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red salmon - fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers | ||
sockeye, sockeye salmon | ||
salmon any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn | ||
red salmon - small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning | ||
sockeye, sockeye salmon, blueback salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka | ||
salmon any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn | ||
genus oncorhynchus, oncorhynchus Pacific salmon including sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; chum salmon; coho salmon |