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Detailed Synonyms for sockeye in English

sockeye:

sockeye [the ~] nom

  1. the sockeye
    – small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning 1
    the Oncorhynchus nerka; the sockeye; the blueback salmon; the sockeye salmon; the red salmon
    – small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning 1
  2. the sockeye
    – fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers 1
    the sockeye; the sockeye salmon; the red salmon
    – fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers 1

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Related Definitions for "sockeye":

  1. small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning1
  2. fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers1

Related Synonyms for sockeye