silver salmon
- noun
- /ˈsɪlvər ˈsælmən/
- US
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salmón plateado
- Many fishermen love to catch silver salmon during the summer.
Examples
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The silver salmon is highly prized by both commercial and sport fishers.
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Researchers studied the life cycle of the silver salmon in the Great Lakes region.
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Fishermen hope to catch silver salmon as they migrate upstream each fall.
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The silver salmon is known for its shiny skin.
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The fisherman proudly displayed his catch, a shiny silver salmon weighing over ten pounds.
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During the summer, many anglers flock to the rivers to catch silver salmon as they migrate upstream.
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I prepared a delicious meal with the silver salmon I caught on my last fishing trip.
Synonyms
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9.1
A small salmon that lives in the north Pacific and Great Lakes and is caught for food and sport
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3.0
A small salmon from the Pacific Ocean often eaten for its tender flesh
A small salmon that lives in the northern Pacific and Great Lakes
A small salmon that lives in the northern Pacific and the Great Lakes and is fished for its meat
A small salmon that lives along the northern Pacific coasts and in the Great Lakes
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is compositionally built from 'silver' (a silvery colour/appearance) + 'salmon' (the fish/meat), so a learner can infer it denotes a type or flesh of salmon that is silvery in appearance. This adjective+noun naming pattern is transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will understand the intended meaning.
Etymology
Silver salmon may come from the fish's bright, shiny sides that look like silver as it swims, so people called the small, silvery fish by that name. That's why the name now means 'a small salmon with a silvery appearance'.