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1. (n.) salmon
a marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America near the mouths of large rivers, which it enters to spawn.
2. salmon
any of several salmonoid food fishes of the genus Oncorhynchus, inhabiting the N Pacific.
3. salmon
a light yellowish pink.
4. (adj.) salmon
of the color salmon.
Etymology: (1200–50; ME salmoun, samoun < AF (OF saumon) < L salmōn-, s. of salmō)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) salmon
any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
2. (noun) Salmon, Salmon River
a tributary of the Snake River in Idaho
3. (noun) salmon
flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae
4. (adj) salmon
a pale pinkish orange color
5. (adj) pink-orange, pinkish-orange, salmon
of orange tinged with pink
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1. (noun) salmon
a type of fish with pink flesh, or the meat of this fish
salmon swimming up the river; I think I'll have the salmon.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Salmon
of a reddish yellow or orange color, like that of the flesh of the salmon
2. Salmon
of Salmon
3. Salmon
any one of several species of fishes of the genus Salmo and allied genera. The common salmon (Salmo salar) of Northern Europe and Eastern North America, and the California salmon, or quinnat, are the most important species. They are extensively preserved for food. See Quinnat
4. Salmon
a reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Salmon
Fish of the genera ONCORHYNCHUS and Salmo in the family SALMONIDAE. They are anadromous game fish, frequenting the coastal waters of both the North Atlantic and Pacific. They are known for their gameness as a sport fish and for the quality of their flesh as a table fish. (Webster, 3d ed).
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Sense: a type of large fish with orange-pink flesh.
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 Afrikaans: salm |
 Arabic: سَمَك سُلَيْمان |
 Bulgarian: сьомга |
 Brazilian: salmão |
 Czech: losos |
 German: der Lachs |
 Danish: laks |
 Greek: σολομός |
 Spanish: salmón |
 Estonian: lõhe |
 Farsi: ماهي آزاد |
 Finnish: lohi |
 French: saumon |
 Hebrew: סַלמוֹן |
 Hindi: सामन, मृदुपक्षा |
 Croatian: losos |
 Hungarian: lazac |
 Indonesian: ikan salem |
 Icelandic: lax |
 Italian: salmone |
 Japanese: 鮭 |
 Korean: 연어 |
 Lithuanian: lašiša |
 Latvian: lasis |
 Malay: ikan salmon |
 Dutch: zalm |
 Norwegian: laks |
 Polish: łosoś |
 Persian: ماهي آزاد |
 Pashto: يو ډول ور غوښى كب: سور بخ |
 Portuguese: salmão |
 Romanian: somon |
 Russian: лосось |
 Slovak: losos |
 Slovenian: losos |
 Serbian: losos |
 Swedish: lax |
 Thai: ปลาแซลมอน |
 Turkish: som/somon balığı |
 Taiwanese: 鮭魚 |
 Ukrainian: лосось, сьомга |
 Urdu: جنس سالمو کے خاندان کی نق |
 Vietnamese: cá hồi |
 Chinese: 大马哈鱼，鲑鱼 |
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