Definition of salmon

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Salmon (pl. ) of Salmo.

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Gray :: Gray (n.) An animal or thing of gray color, as a horse, a badger, or a kind of salmon..
Sprong :: Sprod (n.) A salmon in its second year.
Peal :: Peal (n.) A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.
Teleocephial :: Teleocephial (n. pl.) An extensive order of bony fishes including most of the common market species, as bass, salmon, cod, perch, etc..
Isospondyli :: Isospondyli (n. pl.) An extensive order of fishes, including the salmons, herrings, and many allied forms..
Salmon :: Salmon (v.) 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..
Fingerling :: Fingerling (n.) A young salmon. See Parr.
Botcher :: Botcher (n.) A young salmon; a grilse.
Blueback :: Blueback (n.) A salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) of the Columbia River and northward.
Parr :: Parr (n.) A young salmon in the stage when it has dark transverse bands; -- called also samlet, skegger, and fingerling..
Kipper :: Kipper (n.) A salmon split open, salted, and dried or smoked; -- so called because salmon after spawning were usually so cured, not being good when fresh..
Charr :: Charr (n.) One of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus, allied to the spotted trout and salmon, inhabiting deep lakes in mountainous regions in Europe. In the United States, the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is sometimes called a char..
Half-fish :: Half-fish (n.) A salmon in its fifth year of growth.
Smolt :: Smolt (n.) A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color..
Sprag :: Sprag (n.) A young salmon.
Poach :: Poach (v. i.) To steal or pocket game, or to carry it away privately, as in a bag; to kill or destroy game contrary to law, especially by night; to hunt or fish unlawfully; as, to poach for rabbits or for salmon..
Gerlind :: Gerlind (n.) A salmon returning from the sea the second time.
Gravelling :: Gravelling (n.) A salmon one or two years old, before it has gone to sea..
Salmonoid :: Salmonoid (n.) Any fish of the family Salmonidae.
Kipper :: Kipper (n.) A salmon after spawning.
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