Found 2 items, similar to red salmon.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: red salmon red salmon n 1: fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers [syn: sockeye, sockeye salmon] 2: small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning [syn: sockeye, sockeye salmon, blueback salmon , Onchorynchus nerka]
English → English (gcide) Definition: red salmon Nerka \Ner"ka\, n. [Russ. niarka, prob. fr. native name.] (Zo["o]l.) The most important salmon of Alaska (Oncorhinchus nerka), ascending in spring most rivers and lakes from Alaska to Oregon, Washington, and Idaho; -- called also red salmon, redfish, blueback, and sawqui. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]