oncorhynchus nerka

Noun

Synonyms: sockeye sockeye salmon red salmon blueback salmon Oncorhynchus nerka

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawningSynonyms: sockeye sockeye salmon red salmon blueback salmon Oncorhynchus nerka

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Blueback \Blue"back`\, n. (Zool.) (a) A trout (Salmo oquassa) inhabiting some of the lakes of Maine. (b) A salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) of the Columbia River and northward. (c) An American river herring (Clupea [ae]stivalis), closely allied to the alewife. [1913 Webster]