Definitions for salmonˈsæm ən
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
salm•on*ˈsæm ən(n.)(pl.)-ons; -on
(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
any of several salmonoid food fishes of the genus Oncorhynchus, inhabiting the N Pacific.
Category: Ichthyology
a light yellowish pink.
(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
salmon(noun)
any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
Salmon, Salmon River(noun)
a tributary of the Snake River in Idaho
salmon(noun)
flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae
salmon(adj)
a pale pinkish orange color
pink-orange, pinkish-orange, salmon(adj)
of orange tinged with pink
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
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
salmon(Noun)
One of several species of fish of the Salmonidae family.
salmon(Adjective)
Having a yellowish pink colour.
Salmon(ProperNoun)
English surname
Origin: From samon, from saumon, from saumon, from salmo. Displaced native lax, from leax.
Webster Dictionary
Salmon(u)
of Salmon
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
Salmon(u)
a reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon
Salmon(adj)
of a reddish yellow or orange color, like that of the flesh of the salmon
U.S. National Library of Medicine
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.
- salmAfrikaans

- سَمَك سُلَيْمانArabic

- сьомгаBulgarian

- salmãoPortuguese (BR)

- lososCzech

- der LachsGerman

- laksDanish

- σολομόςGreek

- salmónSpanish

- lõheEstonian

- ماهي آزادFarsi

- lohiFinnish

- saumonFrench

- סַלמוֹןHebrew

- सामन, मृदुपक्षाHindi

- lososCroatian

- lazacHungarian

- ikan salemIndonesian

- laxIcelandic

- salmoneItalian

- 鮭Japanese

- 연어Korean

- lašišaLithuanian

- lasisLatvian

- ikan salmonMalay

- zalmDutch

- laksNorwegian

- łosośPolish

- ماهي آزادPersian

- يو ډول ور غوښى كب: سور بخن نارنجى رنګPashto

- salmãoPortuguese

- somonRomanian

- лососьRussian

- lososSlovak

- lososSlovenian

- lososSerbian

- laxSwedish

- ปลาแซลมอนThai

- som/somon balığıTurkish

- 鮭魚Chinese (Trad.)

- лосось, сьомгаUkrainian

- جنس سالمو کے خاندان کی نقل مکانی کرنے والی سمندری مچھلیUrdu

- cá hồiVietnamese

- 大马哈鱼,鲑鱼Chinese (Simp.)

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