Salmon

['sæmən]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn.

(noun.) a pale pinkish orange color.

(noun.) flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae.

(noun.) a tributary of the Snake River in Idaho.

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解釋/意思:

(pl. ) of Salmon

(v.) Any one of several species of fishes of the genus Salmo and allied genera. The common salmon (Salmo salar) of Northern Europe and Eastern North America, and the California salmon, or quinnat, are the most important species. They are extensively preserved for food. See Quinnat.

(v.) A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon.

(a.) Of a reddish yellow or orange color, like that of the flesh of the salmon.

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解釋/意思:

n. a large fish brownish above with silvery sides the delicate flesh reddish-orange in colour—ascending rivers to spawn: the upper bricks in a kiln which receive the least heat.—ns. Sal′mō the leading genus of Salmonid; Salm′on-col′our an orange-pink; Salm′onet a young salmon; Salm′on-fish′ery a place where salmon-fishing is carried on; Salm′on-fly any kind of artificial fly for taking salmon; Salm′on-fry salmon under two years old; Salm′oning the salmon industry as canning; Salm′on-kill′er a sort of stickleback; Salm′on-leap -ladd′er a series of steps to permit a salmon to pass up-stream.—adj. Salm′onoid.—ns. Salm′on-peal -peel a grilse under 2 lb.; Salm′on-spear an instrument used in spearing salmon; Salm′on-spring a smolt or young salmon of the first year; Salm′on-tack′le the rod line and fly with which salmon are taken; Salm′on-trout a trout like the salmon but smaller and thicker in proportion; Salm′on-weir a weir specially designed to take salmon.—Black salmon the great lake trout; Burnett salmon a fish with reddish flesh like a salmon; Calvered salmon pickled salmon; Cornish salmon the pollack; Kelp salmon a serranoid fish; Kippered Salmon salmon salted and smoke-dried; Quoddy salmon the pollack; Sea salmon the pollack; White salmon a carangoid Californian fish.

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