landlocked salmon
NounSynonyms:
lake salmon
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- Atlantic salmon confined to lakes of New England and southeastern CanadaSynonyms: lake salmonType of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Landlocked salmon
a variety of the common salmon (var. Sebago), long confined in certain lakes in consequence of obstructions that prevented it from returning to the sea. This last is called also dwarf salmon.
From the entry Salmon.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54