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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Bluepoll :: Bluepoll (n.) A kind of salmon (Salmo Cambricus) found in Wales.
Peal :: Peal (n.) A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.
Grilse :: Grilse (n.) A young salmon after its first return from the sea.
Botcher :: Botcher (n.) A young salmon; a grilse.
Ichthulin :: Ichthulin (n.) A substance from the yolk of salmon's egg.
Kayko :: Kayko (n.) The dog 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..
Blackfish :: Blackfish (n.) The female salmon in the spawning season.
Skirling :: Skirling (n.) A small trout or salmon; -- a name used loosely.
Squib :: Squeteague (n.) An American sciaenoid fish (Cynoscion regalis), abundant on the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued as a food fish. It is of a bright silvery color, with iridescent reflections. Called also weakfish, squitee, chickwit, and sea trout. The spotted squeteague (C. nebulosus) of the Southern United States is a similar fish, but the back and upper fins are spotted with black. It is called also spotted weakfish, and, locally, sea trout, and sea salmon..
Branlin :: Branlin (n.) A young salmon or parr, in the stage in which it has transverse black bands, as if burned by a gridiron..
Skowitz :: Skowitz (n.) The silver salmon.
Cycloidei :: Cycloidei (n. pl.) An order of fishes, formerly proposed by Agassiz, for those with thin, smooth scales, destitute of marginal spines, as the herring and salmon. The group is now regarded as artificial..
Gibfish :: Gibfish (n.) The male of the salmon.
Capelin :: Capelin (n.) A small marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of the family Salmonidae, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod..
Ceratodus :: Ceratodus (n.) A genus of ganoid fishes, of the order Dipnoi, first known as Mesozoic fossil fishes; but recently two living species have been discovered in Australian rivers. They have lungs so well developed that they can leave the water and breathe in air. In Australia they are called salmon and baramunda. See Dipnoi, and Archipterygium..
Huchen :: Huchen (n.) A large salmon (Salmo, / Salvelinus, hucho) inhabiting the Danube; -- called also huso, and bull trout..
Sea Salmon :: Sea salmon () A young pollock.
Mort :: Mort (n.) A salmon in its third year.
Fingerling :: Fingerling (n.) A young salmon. See Parr.
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