sockeye

[sok-ahy]

sockeye salmon

[sok-ahy]
noun
an important food fish, Oncorhynchus nerka, inhabiting the North Pacific.
Also called blueback salmon, red salmon, sock·eye.


Origin:
1865–70; sockeye, alteration (by folk etymology) of Halkomelem (Mainland dial.) sθə́qəỷ
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Sockeye is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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sockeye (ˈsɒkˌaɪ)
 
n
Also called: red salmon a Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, having red flesh and valued as a food fish
 
[by folk etymology from Salishan sukkegh]

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