SALMON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Salmon mean? 

• SALMON (noun)
  The noun SALMON has 4 senses:

1. any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn

2. a tributary of the Snake River in Idaho

3. flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae

4. a pale pinkish orange color

  Familiarity information: SALMON used as a noun is uncommon.

• SALMON (adjective)
  The adjective SALMON has 1 sense:

1. of orange tinged with pink

  Familiarity information: SALMON used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SALMON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

salmonid (soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters)

food fish (any fish used for food by human beings)

Meronyms (parts of "salmon"):

salmon (flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "salmon"):

blackfish (female salmon that has recently spawned)

redfish (male salmon that has recently spawned)

Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar (found in northern coastal Atlantic waters or tributaries; adults do not die after spawning)

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 ("salmon" is a member of...):

family Salmonidae; Salmonidae (salmon and trout)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A tributary of the Snake River in Idaho

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Salmon; Salmon River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Salmon" is a part of...):

Gem State; ID; Id.; Idaho (a state in the Rocky Mountains)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

fish (the flesh of fish used as food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "salmon"):

Atlantic salmon (fatty pink flesh of fish from northern coastal Atlantic; usually marketed fresh)

red salmon; sockeye; sockeye salmon (fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers)

chinook; chinook salmon; king salmon (pink or white flesh of large Pacific salmon)

coho; coho salmon; cohoe; silver salmon (fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes)

smoked salmon (salmon cured by smoking)

kippered salmon (salted and smoked salmon)

Holonyms ("salmon" is a part of...):

salmon (any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A pale pinkish orange color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

chromatic color; chromatic colour; spectral color; spectral colour (a color that has hue)

• SALMON (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of orange tinged with pink

Synonyms:

pink-orange; pinkish-orange; salmon

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)

 Context examples 

Note that the older Durie/Salmon staging system defines stage III quite differently.

(ISS Stage III Plasma Cell Myeloma, NCI Thesaurus/PDQ)

Note that the older Durie/Salmon staging system defines stage I quite differently.

(ISS Stage I Plasma Cell Myeloma, NCI Thesaurus/PDQ)

Messner took the thawed salmon outside and fed his dogs.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Similar to the terms LIVER and MEAT flavor, this is a broad category term that encompass the various types of FISH (e.g., salmon and tuna).

(Fish Flavor, NCI Thesaurus)

A similar volcanic eruption in Alaska in 2008 was found to be associated with an increase in the local salmon population.

(Scientists report skyrocketing phyotplankton population in aftermath of Kīlauea eruption, Wikinews)

Coldwater fish, notably salmon and sardines, are good sources of omega-3 acids.

(Omega-3 Fatty Acids Reduce Asthma Risk in Children by One-Third, VOA)

Then he saw Bill, standing amid the dogs, half triumphant, half crestfallen, in one hand a stout club, in the other the tail and part of the body of a sun-cured salmon.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

The oil extracted from fish such as cod, salmon, and shark.

(Fish Liver Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

The pound and a half of sun-dried salmon, which was his ration for each day, seemed to go nowhere.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Small amounts of vaterite crystals have been found in some sea and freshwater crustaceans, bird eggs, the inner ears of salmon, meteorites and rocks.

(Rare mineral discovered in plants for first time, University of Cambridge)