BLUEBACK SALMON

 Dictionary entry overview: What does blueback salmon mean? 

• BLUEBACK SALMON (noun)
  The noun BLUEBACK SALMON has 1 sense:

1. small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning

  Familiarity information: BLUEBACK SALMON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLUEBACK SALMON (noun)

Meaning:

Small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

blueback salmon; Oncorhynchus nerka; red salmon; sockeye; sockeye salmon

Hypernyms ("blueback salmon" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "blueback salmon"):

red salmon; sockeye; sockeye salmon (fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers)

Holonyms ("blueback salmon" is a member of...):

genus Oncorhynchus; Oncorhynchus (Pacific salmon including sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; chum salmon; coho salmon)