red salmon

noun

: sockeye salmon

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Otis is standing knee deep in the glistening Brooks River, hoping to catch one of the many red salmon journeying upstream. — Angela Owens, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022 The chefs work with local ingredients, such as Copper River red salmon, as much as possible. — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2025 Unalaska Wildlife Trooper Jeremy Baum said Tucker fished illegally in Unalaska’s Reese Bay — a popular subsistence area where locals harvest mostly red salmon. — Hope McKenney, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1591, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of red salmon was in 1591

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