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SILVER SALMON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes
Synonyms:
blue jack; coho; coho salmon; cohoe; Oncorhynchus kisutch; silver salmon
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("silver 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 "silver salmon"):
coho; coho salmon; cohoe; silver salmon (fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes)
Holonyms ("silver salmon" is a member of...):
genus Oncorhynchus; Oncorhynchus (Pacific salmon including sockeye salmon; chinook salmon; chum salmon; coho salmon)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Fatty pinkish flesh of small salmon caught in the Pacific and Great Lakes
Synonyms:
coho; coho salmon; cohoe; silver salmon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("silver salmon" is a kind of...):
salmon (flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae)
Holonyms ("silver salmon" is a part of...):
blue jack; coho; coho salmon; cohoe; Oncorhynchus kisutch; silver salmon (small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes)