WordNet
n. fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers [syn: red salmon, sockeye]
small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning [syn: sockeye, red salmon, blueback salmon, Onchorynchus nerka]
Wikipedia
Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), also called red salmon, kokanee salmon, or blueback salmon, is an anadromous species of salmon found in the Northern Pacific Ocean and rivers discharging into it. This species is a Pacific salmon that is primarily red in hue during spawning. They can grow up to 84 cm in length and weigh 2.3 to 7 kg. Juveniles remain in freshwater until they are ready to migrate to the ocean, over distances of up to 1,600 km. Their diet consists primarily of zooplankton. Sockeye salmon are semelparous, dying after they spawn. Some populations, referred to as kokanee, do not migrate to the ocean and live their entire lives in fresh water.
Usage examples of "sockeye salmon".
His body falls and lunges the same as always, like the times as a child he carried sockeye salmon sandwiches down to the salmon hatcheries for lunch.
For all he knew it might be full of boot polish, sockeye salmon or putty.
Today they were turning up their wet black noses at a delicious serving of top-quality red sockeye salmon with the black skin removed.