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sockeye

sock·eye [ sók  ] (plural sock·eyes or sock·eye) or sock·eye salm·on (plural sock·eye salmon or sockeye salmons)


noun 
Definition:
 
kind of salmon: a food fish of the salmon family that has red flesh. Native to: Pacific waters.  Latin name Oncorhynchus nerka.

[Late 19th century. Alteration of Salish sukai "fish of fishes"]
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