sockeye salmon
1. fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers • Syn: red salmon, sockeye • Hypernyms: salmon • Part Holonyms: sockeye, red salmon, blueback salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka 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, red salmon, blueback salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka • Hypernyms: salmon • Member Holonyms: Oncorhynchus, genus Oncorhynchus • Part Meronyms: red salmon, sockeye
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