SOCKEYE SALMON


Meaning of SOCKEYE SALMON in English

/sok"uy'/

an important food fish, Oncorhynchus nerka, inhabiting the North Pacific. Also called blueback salmon, red salmon, sockeye .

[ 1865-70; sockeye, alter. (by folk etym.) of Halkomelem (Mainland dial.) sthaqay' ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .