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Steelhead :: Steelhead (n.) A North Pacific salmon (Salmo Gairdneri) found from Northern California to Siberia; -- called also hardhead, and preesil..

Half-fish :: Half-fish (n.) A salmon in its fifth year of growth.

Trout :: Trout (n.) Any one of numerous species of fishes belonging to Salmo, Salvelinus, and allied genera of the family Salmonidae. They are highly esteemed as game fishes and for the quality of their flesh. All the species breed in fresh water, but after spawning many of them descend to the sea if they have an opportunity..

Skowitz :: Skowitz (n.) The silver salmon.

Calver :: Calver (v. i.) To crimp; as, calvered 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..

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..

Sea Salmon :: Sea salmon () See Sea bass (b).

Mort :: Mort (n.) A salmon in its third year.

Bull Trout :: Bull trout () The huso or salmon of the Danube.

Kayko :: Kayko (n.) The dog salmon.

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..

Salmonoid :: Salmonoid (a.) Like, or pertaining to, the Salmonidae, a family of fishes including the trout and salmon..

Gravelling :: Gravelling (n.) A salmon one or two years old, before it has gone to sea..

Kelt :: Kelt (n.) A salmon after spawning.

Teleocephial :: Teleocephial (n. pl.) An extensive order of bony fishes including most of the common market species, as bass, salmon, cod, perch, etc..

Scissorstail :: Scissorstail (n.) A tyrant flycatcher (Milvulus forficatus) of the Southern United States and Mexico, which has a deeply forked tail. It is light gray above, white beneath, salmon on the flanks, and fiery red at the base of the crown feathers..

Parr :: Parr (n.) A young salmon in the stage when it has dark transverse bands; -- called also samlet, skegger, and fingerling..

Anadromous :: Anadromous (a.) Ascending rivers from the sea, at certain seasons, for breeding, as the salmon, shad, etc..

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..

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