Now usually in form redfish. Chiefly North American. Any of various fishes with red coloration, esp.:(a) the red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus; (b) the…

any of various North American salmon that return from the sea to the river in spring.

The humpback salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha.

= chum, n.4

The Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha. More fully quinnat salmon.

In full Chinook salmon = quinnat, n.

A species of salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch, found in the northern Pacific waters; the silver salmon.

the chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus quinnat.

any of several silvery trout, esp. Salmo gairdneri kamloops; also, = kokanee, n.

A landlocked dwarf subspecies, Oncorhynchus nerka kennerlyi, of the sockeye salmon.

Applied to fishes belonging to other genera of the same family; esp., a fish of any of the species of the genus Oncorhynchus, called the Pacific s…

The blueback salmon or nerka.

= quinnat, n.

the humpback salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; (also) the pale pink flesh of a salmon, esp. the humpback, as an article of food.

A spring salmon (see spring salmon n. at compounds 3e(c)(ii)).

The king-salmon or quinnat (Oncorhynchus chouicha or quinnat). Also attributive.

North American. = pink salmon n. at compounds 2c.

Any of various fishes with black mouths. U.S. regional. The chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; spec. an immature one.

The dog salmon, Oncorhynchus keta.

Any of various fishes with greenish backs (or backbones); esp. †(a) the garfish or garpike, Belone belone (obsolete); †(b) the saithe or coalfish, P…