red salmon

Noun

Synonyms: red salmon sockeye sockeye salmon blueback salmon Oncorhynchus nerka

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and riversSynonyms: red salmon sockeye sockeye salmon
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)

Nerka \Ner"ka\, n. [Russ. niarka, prob. fr. native name.] (Zool.) The most important salmon of Alaska (Oncorhinchus nerka), ascending in spring most rivers and lakes from Alaska to Oregon, Washington, and Idaho; -- called also red salmon, redfish, blueback, and sawqui. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]