Definition of salmon

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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..

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Huchen :: Huchen (n.) A large salmon (Salmo, / Salvelinus, hucho) inhabiting the Danube; -- called also huso, and bull trout..
Blueback :: Blueback (n.) A salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) of the Columbia River and northward.
Forktail :: Forktail (n.) A salmon in its fourth year's growth.
Half-fish :: Half-fish (n.) A salmon in its fifth year of growth.
Salmon :: Salmon (pl. ) of Salmo.
Hepper :: Hepper (n.) A young salmon; a parr.
Kayko :: Kayko (n.) The dog salmon.
Sea Bass :: Sea bass () A California food fish (Cynoscion nobile); -- called also white sea bass, and sea salmon..
Sea Trout :: Sea trout () Any one of several species of true trouts which descend rivers and enter the sea after spawning, as the European bull trout and salmon trout, and the eastern American spotted trout..
Smolt :: Smolt (n.) A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color..
Gerlind :: Gerlind (n.) A salmon returning from the sea the second time.
Bull Trout :: Bull trout () The huso or salmon of the Danube.
Cabrilla :: Cabrilla (n.) A name applied to various species of edible fishes of the genus Serranus, and related genera, inhabiting the Meditarranean, the coast of California, etc. In California, some of them are also called rock bass and kelp salmon..
Salmons :: Salmons (pl. ) of Salmo.
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..
Yellowtail :: Yellowtail (n.) Any one of several species of marine carangoid fishes of the genus Seriola; especially, the large California species (S. dorsalis) which sometimes weighs thirty or forty pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish; -- called also cavasina, and white salmon..
Protamin :: Protamin (n.) An amorphous nitrogenous substance found in the spermatic fluid of salmon. It is soluble in water, which an alkaline reaction, and unites with acids and metallic bases..
Sewen :: Sewen (n.) A British trout usually regarded as a variety (var. Cambricus) of the salmon trout.
Tchawytcha :: Tchawytcha (n.) The quinnat salmon.
Sparling :: Sparling (n.) A young salmon.
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