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sockeye salmon

[ sok-ahy ]

noun

  1. an important food fish, Oncorhynchus nerka, inhabiting the North Pacific.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sockeye salmon1

1865–70; sockeye, alteration (by folk etymology) of Halkomelem (Mainland dial.) sθə́qəỷ
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Example Sentences

Nearly every summer she takes part in a three-week expedition to fish for sockeye salmon in Bristol Bay.

When the average person hears about putting a mega-mine in the spawning grounds and headwaters of the world’s last great sockeye salmon fishery, it doesn’t add up economically or ethically.

Another fine "any time" plate is Bristol Bay (Alaska) sockeye salmon.

The coiffed and preened diners look up from such offerings as wild Alaskan sockeye salmon and goat-cheese tart.

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