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pink salmon

noun

  1. a small Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, distinguished by its small scales and long anal fin and by the bright red spawning coloration of males, occurring from California to Alaska and in waters of Japan: fished commercially and for sport.


pink salmon

noun

  1. any salmon having pale pink flesh, esp Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, of the Pacific Ocean
  2. the flesh of such a fish


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pink salmon1

First recorded in 1930–35

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