SALMON


Meaning of SALMON in English

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Name that originally referred to the Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ) and now also refers to six species of Pacific salmon (genus Oncorhynchus , family Salmonidae): chinook , pink , and sockeye salmon; coho ; and the cherry salmon ( O. masu ) of Japan.

Adult salmon live at sea, then migrate, fighting rapids and leaping high falls, to the stream where they hatched to spawn. Pacific salmon die soon after spawning; many Atlantic salmon live to spawn again. See also trout .

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silver salmon

Atlantic salmon

Chase Salmon Portland

chinook salmon

king salmon

chum salmon

dog salmon

salmon trout

pink salmon

Salmon River

sockeye salmon

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