salmon
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- noun
- /ˈsælmən/
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salmón
- In 1997, 300,000 juvenile and adult salmon escaped from a single Washington State salmon farm.
- salmon farms
- Atlantic salmon
- farmed salmon
No, like fish, like salmon, sea bass, like fish.
- No, like fish, like salmon, sea bass, like fish.
- Wild caught fish, especially salmon, sardines and tuna.
Examples
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You know, I buy salmon in your store every other Thursday.
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I'm going to start and get the salmon on the stove.
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Even the cheap salmon is an excellent source of DHA.
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So Mom got a chickpea salmon salad that looks really good.
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The cedar-planked salmon is our specialty.
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Additional water will flow down the Snake River, aid salmon migration, and improve Nimiipuu fish and habitat projects.
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And I've been loving cooking our salmon in the air fryer as well.
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Salmon has a lot of Omega-3, which is good for menopause.
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All right, so I've seasoned the salmon with salt and pepper.
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For lunch, she grilled a piece of salmon and served it with asparagus.
Synonyms
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Thin cold slices of salmon that are salted and cooked over wood
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A Pacific salmon with red flesh that swims upstream to spawn and then dies
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A small salmon that lives in the north Pacific and Great Lakes and is caught for food and sport
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A small salmon from the Pacific Ocean often eaten for its tender flesh
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A salmon from north Pacific rivers with red flesh whose adults die after spawning
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A very large Pacific salmon valued as food that dies after spawning
A small Pacific salmon with red flesh whose adults die after spawning
A small salmon from the northern Pacific with bright red flesh that dies after spawning
Pink fatty meat from a small salmon often sold and eaten as food
Pink or white flesh of a large Pacific fish that people eat
A large Pacific salmon called king salmon that people eat and that lays eggs and then dies
Small young salmon, often male Pacific salmon that return early to rivers
A young salmon that returns to a river after its first time at sea
Pink, fatty fish meat that people eat, often cooked or smoked
A fish from sandy areas of the Pacific and Indian oceans with a pointed snout for digging into sand
A large freshwater fish from Australian rivers with a pink spot on each scale
Compounds
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A large fish that lives in the northern Atlantic and swims upriver to lay eggs
- UK
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A small firm white fish like dogfish that is often sold in British fish and chip shops
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A salmon from north Pacific rivers with red flesh whose adults die after spawning
- Australian
A fish from sandy areas of the Pacific and Indian oceans with a pointed snout for digging into sand
- Specialized
A small salmon from the northern Pacific with bright red flesh that dies after spawning
- Australian
A large freshwater fish from Australian rivers with a pink spot on each scale
A type of salmon lightly cured in salt water, usually less salty and sometimes made with sugar
- Archaic
A large Pacific fish eaten for its rich meat that lays eggs and then dies
- Specialized
An oil from salmon refined and sold in capsules or as a liquid for health
A small salmon with a shiny silver body that lives in the northern Pacific and the Great Lakes
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Salmon comes from the Latin salmo, which probably comes from salire meaning 'to leap'. Salmon are famous for leaping up rivers to spawn, so this old root helps explain the fish's behaviour.