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sockeye

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Noun

small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning

fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers

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Synonyms:
sockeye salmon red salmon blueback salmon Oncorhynchus nerka

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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "sockeye":
soakage socage sock sockeye
Words contain "sockeye":
sockeye sockeye salmon
Words contain "sockeye" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
genus oncorhynchus oncorhynchus sockeye

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