Definition of salmon

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Salmon (a.) Of a reddish yellow or orange color, like that of the flesh of the salmon..

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Gravelling :: Gravelling (n.) A salmon one or two years old, before it has gone to sea..
Cruive :: Cruive (n.) A kind of weir or dam for trapping salmon; also, a hovel..
Grilse :: Grilse (n.) A young salmon after its first return from the sea.
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..
Huchen :: Huchen (n.) A large salmon (Salmo, / Salvelinus, hucho) inhabiting the Danube; -- called also huso, and bull trout..
Salmon :: Salmon (a.) Of a reddish yellow or orange color, like that of the flesh of the salmon..
Blackfish :: Blackfish (n.) The female salmon in the spawning season.
Blueback :: Blueback (n.) A salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) of the Columbia River and northward.
Smelt :: Smelt (n.) Any one of numerous species of small silvery salmonoid fishes of the genus Osmerus and allied genera, which ascend rivers to spawn, and sometimes become landlocked in lakes. They are esteemed as food, and have a peculiar odor and taste..
Ichthulin :: Ichthulin (n.) A substance from the yolk of salmon's egg.
Fingerling :: Fingerling (n.) A young salmon. See Parr.
Gerlind :: Gerlind (n.) A salmon returning from the sea the second time.
Calver :: Calver (v. i.) To cut in slices and pickle, as salmon..
Smolt :: Smolt (n.) A young salmon two or three years old, when it has acquired its silvery color..
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..
Landlocked :: Landlocked (a.) Confined to a fresh-water lake by reason of waterfalls or dams; -- said of fishes that would naturally seek the sea, after spawning; as, the landlocked salmon..
Quinnat :: Quinnat (n.) The California salmon (Oncorhynchus choicha); -- called also chouicha, king salmon, chinnook salmon, and Sacramento salmon. It is of great commercial importance..
Catanadromous :: Catanadromous (a.) Ascending and descending fresh streams from and to the sea, as the salmon; anadromous..
Calver :: Calver (v. i.) To crimp; as, calvered salmon..
Bluepoll :: Bluepoll (n.) A kind of salmon (Salmo Cambricus) found in Wales.
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