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Definition: sea salmon
(s[a^]m"[u^]n), n.; pl. Salmons
. [OE. saumoun, salmon, F. saumon, fr.
L. salmo, salmonis, perhaps from salire to leap. Cf. Sally
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of fishes of the
and allied genera. The common salmon (Salmo salar
) of Northern Europe and Eastern North America, and
the California salmon, or quinnat, are the most important
species. They are extensively preserved for food. See
Note: The salmons ascend rivers and penetrate to their head
streams to spawn. They are remarkably strong fishes,
and will even leap over considerable falls which lie in
the way of their progress. The common salmon has been
known to grow to the weight of seventy-five pounds;
more generally it is from fifteen to twenty-five
pounds. Young salmon are called parr, peal, smolt, and
grilse. Among the true salmons are:
, or Lake salmon
, the namaycush.
, a salmon of Western North America
, a Pacific-coast salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
, the quinnat.
, a variety of the common salmon (var.
), long confined in certain lakes in consequence
of obstructions that prevented it from returning to the
sea. This last is called also dwarf salmon
Note: Among fishes of other families which are locally and
erroneously called salmon are: the pike perch, called
; the spotted, or southern, squeteague;
the cabrilla, called kelp salmon
; young pollock,
called sea salmon
; and the California yellowtail.
2. A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the
(Bot.), a large red raspberry growing from
Alaska to California, the fruit of the Rubus Nutkanus
(Zo["o]l.), a stickleback (Gasterosteus cataphractus
) of Western North America and Northern Asia.
, Salmon stair
. See Fish ladder
, a young salmon.
, a certain device for catching salmon. --Crabb.
(a) The European sea trout (Salmo trutta
). It resembles
the salmon, but is smaller, and has smaller and more
(b) The American namaycush.
(c) A name that is also applied locally to the adult black
spotted trout (Salmo purpuratus
), and to the steel
head and other large trout of the Pacific coast.
Sea bass \Sea" bass`\
(a) A large marine food fish (Serranus atrarius
) which abounds on the Atlantic
coast of the United States. It is dark bluish, with black
bands, and more or less varied with small white spots and
blotches. Called also, locally, blue bass
, black sea bass
, and black perch
(b) A California food fish (Cynoscion nobile
); -- called
also white sea bass
, and sea salmon
(skw[-e]*t[=e]g"), n. [From the North
American Indian name.] (Zo["o]l.)
An American sci[ae]noid fish (Cynoscion regalis
on the Atlantic coast of the United States, and much valued
as a food fish. It is of a bright silvery color, with
iridescent reflections. Called also weakfish
, and sea trout
. The spotted squeteague
) of the Southern United States is a
similar fish, but the back and upper fins are spotted with
black. It is called also spotted weakfish
locally, sea trout
, and sea salmon
. See also under