sockeye

sockeye

(ˈsɒkˌaɪ) n (Animals) a Pacific salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, having red flesh and valued as a food fish. Also called: red salmon [by folk etymology from Salish sukkegh]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sockeye - fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and riversred salmon, sockeye salmonblueback salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, red salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon - small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawningsalmon - flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae
	2.	sockeye - small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawningblueback salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, red salmon, sockeye salmonsalmon - any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawngenus Oncorhynchus, Oncorhynchus - Pacific salmon including sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; chum salmon; coho salmonred salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon - fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers