Synonyms for
salmon
One of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily, brownish above with silvery sides and delicate pinkish-orange flesh
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No Synonyms Found for Salmon

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All Definitions for Salmon

Below are all the dictionary definitions of salmon:

1One of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily, brownish above with silvery sides and delicate pinkish-orange flesh
2They ascend rivers to spawn.
3A meal or dish made from this fish.
4A pale pinkish-orange colour, the colour of cooked salmon.
5Having a pale pinkish-orange colour.
6Snout (tobacco
7From salmon and trout)
8The upper bricks in a kiln which receive the least heat.
9Canned fish, usually mackerel.
10To ride a bicycle the wrong way down a one-way street.
11A city, the county seat of Lemhi County, Idaho, United States, situated on the Salmon River, after which it was probably named.
12A surname.
13A placename
14The father of Boaz by Rahab
15The son of Nahshon (biblical figure).
16Ellipsis of Salmon River. [A number of rivers and communities in Canada:]

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About synonyms for salmon

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