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white salmon

noun

  1. the yellowtail, Seriola lalandei.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of white salmon1

First recorded in 1605–15

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Example Sentences

We could precure no provisions from those people except four white Salmon trout.

That's why there are three Japanese to every white salmon fisherman on the British Columbia coast.

And he was delighted as he looked at his parcel, in which there was caviare, cheese, and white salmon.

On the other hand, it is conceivable that Virginia boats caught "white salmon" in the Atlantic Ocean.

The name given in Cumberland to the Salmo albus, or white salmon.

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