sockeye

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) A small salmon with red flesh, Oncorhynchus nerka, found in the coastal waters of the northern Pacific.
2. (countable, uncountable) Edible flesh of this fish.

Synoniemen

sockeye salmon

red salmon

blueback salmon

Oncorhynchus nerka

Vertalingen

saumon rouge

salmó roig

salmó vermell

Rotlachs

Oncorhynchus nerka

السّلمون الأحمر

salmón rojo

Etymologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Halkomelem sθəqəy̓, probably meaning red fish.