WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sockeye salmon n 1: fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers [syn: red salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon] 2: small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning [syn: sockeye, sockeye salmon, red salmon, blueback salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka]