Salmon Definition
sămən
salmons
noun
salmons
Any of several salmonoid food and game fishes (esp. genera Oncorhynchus and Salmo) of the Northern Hemisphere, with silver scales: salmon usually live in salt water and spawn in fresh water.
Webster's New World
The yellowish-pink or pale red color of the flesh of this fish.
Webster's New World
A yellowish pink to light or reddish orange.
American Heritage
One of several species of fish of the Salmonidae family.
Wiktionary
adjective
Having a yellowish pink colour.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- pinkish-orange
- pink-orange
Other Word Forms of Salmon
Noun
Singular:
salmon
Plural:
salmonsOrigin of Salmon
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From Middle English samon, saumon, from Anglo-Norman saumon, from Old French saumon, from Latin salmō, salmōn-. Displaced native Middle English lax, from Old English leax.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English samoun from Old French saumon from Latin salmō salmōn- sel- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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