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1. (n.) sockeye salmon
a N Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka: an important food fish.
Etymology: (1865–70; sockeye, alter. (by folk etym.) Salishan s&thgr;&schwaacute;q&schwa;&yapos;)
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1. (noun) red salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon
fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers
2. (noun) sockeye, sockeye salmon, red salmon, blueback salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka
small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning
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