| NOUN | animal | Oncorhynchus nerka, sockeye, sockeye salmon, red salmon, blueback salmon | small salmon with red flesh |
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| Meaning | small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning. | |
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| Synonyms | sockeye, sockeye salmon, red salmon, blueback salmon | |
| Member of | Oncorhynchus, genus Oncorhynchus | Pacific salmon including sockeye salmon |
| Parts | red salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon | fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers |
| Broader | salmon | Any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters |
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