sockeye salmon

Definitions of sockeye salmon

1. noun

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

   type of:

   salmon

   any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
2. noun

   fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers
   synonyms: red salmon, sockeye

   type of:

   salmon

   flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae