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sockeye salmon

sockeye salmon

3.2
The fatty red flesh of a Pacific salmon eaten as food
  • noun
  • /ˈsɑːkaɪ ˈsælmən/
  • US
translation icon : salmón sockeye
  • We bought fresh sockeye salmon at the market to prepare for dinner.

Examples

  • The rich, red color of sockeye salmon makes it a favorite among sushi chefs.

  • Grilled sockeye salmon is a popular dish at many seafood restaurants along the Pacific Northwest.

  • I love to eat sockeye salmon for dinner.

  • The restaurant serves delicious sockeye salmon dishes.

  • Grilled sockeye salmon is a popular dish at many seafood restaurants along the Pacific Northwest.

  • The rich, red color of sockeye salmon makes it a favorite among sushi chefs.

  • We bought fresh sockeye salmon at the market to prepare for dinner.

Synonyms

fish
vssockeye salmon
805 1.0

Meat from a water animal that people cook and eat

is the specific fatty red flesh of one Pacific species rather than general seafood
salmon
vssockeye salmon
76 1.0

Pink meat from the fish that people cook and eat

is the specific fatty red flesh of one Pacific species rather than general flesh
sockeye
vssockeye salmon
  • US
1 7.8

The red meat of a Pacific salmon eaten as food

is the same term but specifies the species native to coast and rivers
kokanee
vssockeye salmon
  • US
1 9.9

A type of salmon that lives only in lakes in North America

is the coastal and river form not the lake dwelling variety
saltwater fish
vssockeye salmon
1 1.9

Meat from fish that live in the sea and people eat

is the coastal and freshwater species red flesh rather than general sea animal flesh
blueback salmon
vssockeye salmon
  • Specialized
7.1

A small salmon from the northern Pacific with bright red flesh that dies after spawning

is essentially the same species but adds small northern size detail
red salmon
vssockeye salmon
  • US
2.8

The fatty red flesh of a sockeye salmon used for food

is the more specific usage referring to the same species' flesh

How Fatty

silver salmon
  • US
3.1
sockeye salmon
  • US
3.2

Surface Forms

sockeye salmon singular
sockeye salmons plural

Morphology

sockeye + salmon

The compound is fully compositional: 'sockeye' names a particular species and 'salmon' names the fish/food, so a learner who knows both words will infer it refers to the salmon of the sockeye species. This noun+noun species/food pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows straightforward English compounding, making the meaning transparent.

Etymology

Sockeye salmon for the fish meat may come from the same native name meaning 'red fish', since this salmon has rich, red flesh. Because cooks and sellers used the name for this tasty, fatty red fish, sockeye salmon now also means the edible red salmon you buy and eat.