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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers;
[syn: red salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon]

2. small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning;
[syn: sockeye, sockeye salmon, red salmon, blueback salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nerka \Ner"ka\, n. [Russ. niarka, prob. fr. native name.] (Zool.) The most important salmon of Alaska (Oncorhinchus nerka), ascending in spring most rivers and lakes from Alaska to Oregon, Washington, and Idaho; -- called also red salmon, redfish, blueback, and sawqui. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

red salmon n 1: fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers [syn: red salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon] 2: small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning [syn: sockeye, sockeye salmon, red salmon, blueback salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka]