sockeye salmon
noun
sock·eye salmon ˈsäk-ˌī- 
: a commercially important Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) that is greenish blue above and silvery below when sexually immature and turns red with a greenish head when ascending rivers to spawn which it does chiefly from the Columbia northward
called also red salmon, sockeye
compare kokanee
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The sisters grew up wild harvesting with their family in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands and now helm an all-woman team that provides fresh sockeye salmon, Pacific cod, and more delivered right to your door. 
Kristin Scharkey, Sunset Magazine, 29 Aug. 2022 Of the four species that return to Idaho, sockeye salmon are considered the most imperiled and were classified as endangered in 1991. Keith Ridler, ajc, 19 Aug. 2022 Meanwhile, the Bristol Bay sockeye salmon fishery has been a blockbuster success, breaking its all-time record for returning sockeye this summer. Elizabeth Earl, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Oct. 2021 Pebble opponents have said pollution from the mine will harm what is the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery, which is enjoying record runs again this summer. Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Aug. 2022 The harvest of Bristol Bay sockeye salmon, a long-running annual—130 years old—event is set to break records this month. Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes, 25 July 2022 The Big Ten gutted the Pac-12 like a bear ripping open sockeye salmon. Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 1 July 2022 About 400 miles to the south, in Bristol Bay, the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery set a record last year, with more than 66 million salmon returning to the rivers in the watershed. Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2022 The mission: to catch some of the abundant sockeye salmon for their own consumption. Anne Raup, Anchorage Daily News, 24 July 2022 See More
Kristin Scharkey, Sunset Magazine, 29 Aug. 2022 Of the four species that return to Idaho, sockeye salmon are considered the most imperiled and were classified as endangered in 1991. Keith Ridler, ajc, 19 Aug. 2022 Meanwhile, the Bristol Bay sockeye salmon fishery has been a blockbuster success, breaking its all-time record for returning sockeye this summer. Elizabeth Earl, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Oct. 2021 Pebble opponents have said pollution from the mine will harm what is the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery, which is enjoying record runs again this summer. Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Aug. 2022 The harvest of Bristol Bay sockeye salmon, a long-running annual—130 years old—event is set to break records this month. Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes, 25 July 2022 The Big Ten gutted the Pac-12 like a bear ripping open sockeye salmon. Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 1 July 2022 About 400 miles to the south, in Bristol Bay, the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery set a record last year, with more than 66 million salmon returning to the rivers in the watershed. Joshua Partlow, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2022 The mission: to catch some of the abundant sockeye salmon for their own consumption. Anne Raup, Anchorage Daily News, 24 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
by folk etymology from Northern Straits (Salishan language of southern Vancouver Island and nearby islands) sə́qəy̓
First Known Use
1869, in the meaning defined above