sockeye salmon

(säk′ī′)

a red-fleshed salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) of the N Pacific: it is an endangered species

Origin: altered < Salish suk-kegh

See sockeye salmon in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) of northern Pacific coastal waters that is a commercially valuable food fish. Also called blueback salmon, red salmon.

Origin:

Origin: By folk etymology from Halkomelem (Salishan language of southwest British Columbia) sthƏqə’y

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