English Explanatory Dictionary

sockeye

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small salmon with red flesh, Oncorhynchus nerka, found in the coastal waters of the northern Pacific.
  2. Edible flesh of this fish.

Word forms

sockeye sockeyes

Etymology

Borrowed from Halkomelem sθəqəy̓, probably meaning red fish.

Synonyms

kokanee blueback salmon red salmon sockeye salmon
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