Definitions for salmonˈsæm ən

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

salm•on*ˈsæm ən(n.)(pl.)-ons; -on

  1. (n.)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.

    Category: Ichthyology

  2. any of several salmonoid food fishes of the genus Oncorhynchus, inhabiting the N Pacific.

    Category: Ichthyology

  3. a light yellowish pink.

  4. (adj.)of the color salmon.

* for 1-3 .

Origin of salmon:

1200–50; ME salmoun, samoun < AF (OF saumon) < L salmōn-, s. of salmō

salm′on•like`(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. salmon(noun)

    any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn

  2. Salmon, Salmon River(noun)

    a tributary of the Snake River in Idaho

  3. salmon(noun)

    flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae

  4. salmon(adj)

    a pale pinkish orange color

  5. pink-orange, pinkish-orange, salmon(adj)

    of orange tinged with pink

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. salmon(noun)ˈsæm ən

    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.

Wiktionary

  1. salmon(Noun)

    One of several species of fish of the Salmonidae family.

  2. salmon(Adjective)

    Having a yellowish pink colour.

  3. Salmon(ProperNoun)

    English surname

  4. Origin: From samon, from saumon, from saumon, from salmo. Displaced native lax, from leax.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Salmon(u)

    of Salmon

  2. Salmon(u)

    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

  3. Salmon(u)

    a reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon

  4. Salmon(adj)

    of a reddish yellow or orange color, like that of the flesh of the salmon

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  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).


Translations for salmon

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

salmon(noun)

a type of large fish with orange-pink flesh.

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