ONCORHYNCHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Oncorhynchus mean? 

• ONCORHYNCHUS (noun)
  The noun ONCORHYNCHUS has 1 sense:

1. Pacific salmon including sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; chum salmon; coho salmon

  Familiarity information: ONCORHYNCHUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ONCORHYNCHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pacific salmon including sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; chum salmon; coho salmon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Oncorhynchus; Oncorhynchus

Hypernyms ("Oncorhynchus" is a kind of...):

fish genus (any of various genus of fish)

Meronyms (members of "Oncorhynchus"):

blueback salmon; Oncorhynchus nerka; red salmon; sockeye; sockeye salmon (small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning)

chinook; chinook salmon; king salmon; Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; quinnat salmon (large Pacific salmon valued as food; adults die after spawning)

chum; chum salmon; Oncorhynchus keta (a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an important food fish)

blue jack; coho; coho salmon; cohoe; Oncorhynchus kisutch; silver salmon (small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes)

Holonyms ("Oncorhynchus" is a member of...):

family Salmonidae; Salmonidae (salmon and trout)