[ 'samən ]
■ noun ( plural same)
1》 a large edible fish that matures in the sea and migrates to freshwater streams to spawn. [ Salmo salar (Atlantic) and genus Oncorhynchus (Pacific).]
↘any of various unrelated marine fish resembling the ~. [ Arripis trutta (Australasia) and other species.]
↘the flesh of the ~ as food.
2》 a pale pink colour like that of the flesh of a ~.
Derivatives
~y adjective
Origin
ME samoun , from Anglo-Norman Fr. saumoun , from L. salmo , ~- .