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JACK SALMON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does jack salmon mean?
• JACK SALMON (noun)
The noun JACK SALMON has 1 sense:
1. pike-like freshwater perches
Familiarity information: JACK SALMON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pike-like freshwater perches
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
dory; jack salmon; Stizostedion vitreum; walleye; walleyed pike
Hypernyms ("jack salmon" is a kind of...):
pike-perch; pike perch (any of several pike-like fishes of the perch family)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jack salmon"):
blue pickerel; blue pike; blue pikeperch; blue walleye; Strizostedion vitreum glaucum (variety inhabiting the Great Lakes)
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